Binder Family History
Binder Name Meaning
South German Swiss German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for a cooper or barrel maker German (Fass)binder an agent derivative of binden ‘to bind’. Less often the same word was used to denote a bookbinder (compare English name below). This surname is also found in Denmark France (Alsace and Lorraine) Czechia Slovakia Poland and Slovenia. Compare Boettcher Buettner Pinter 1 and Schaeffler . German: variant of Bunde English: occupational name from Middle English binder ‘binder’ (Old English bindere) probably for a bookbinder. Compare Bookbinder .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022