Shuker Family History
Shuker Name Meaning
English (Shropshire):: occupational name from Middle English sifocere sivekere seuker ‘sieve maker’ or ‘one who sieves (flour)’ a derivative either of Middle English sifoc ‘sieve’ + -ere or of Middle English siven ‘to pass through a sieve’ + the rare suffix -kere. The sequence /seu:/ developed to /sju:/ /su:/ /ʃju:/ and /ʃu:/ in early modern English and with voicing of the intervocalic /k/ as /g/ the name would also sometimes develop to Sugar . nickname from Middle English shokere ‘robber’ (Old English sceācere).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022