Zwicker Family History

German:: occupational name from an agent derivative of Middle High German zwicken ‘to secure with nails to peg’. This could denote a leather or textile worker, a cooper, or someone performing a similar function in a wide variety of other industries including, for example, salt extraction and mining.

Nickname for a physically small person or a topographic name (see Zwick).

Habitational name for someone from a place called Zwickau.