German (also Rücker): nickname from Middle High
German rucken ‘to move or draw’.North German: nickname
from Middle Low German rucker ‘thief’, ‘greedy or acquisitive
person’.German: from a reduced form of the Germanic personal name
Rudiger.English: variant of Rocker.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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