Breaker Family History
Breaker Name Meaning
Americanized form of Swiss German Bräker (see Braker ). Americanized form (translation into English) of German Brecher . English (Dorset and London): occupational name either for one who ‘breaks’ (i.e. combs or cards) wool (a sense of breaker first recorded in 1514 but probably also current in Middle English) or perhaps for one who uses a brake the Middle English word for a crushing or pounding implement such as a flax brake (for thrashing flax) a pestle (for pounding meal etc. in a kitchen) or a mallet for softening materials such as leather.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022