Fackler Family History
Fackler Name Meaning
German: occupational name for a torch maker or for someone whose job was to light or carry a torch from Middle High German vackel ‘torch’ + agent suffix -er; later fackeln took on the meaning of ‘to waver shilly-shally’ hence a nickname for a wavering hesitating person. East German: from a short form of the Slavic personal name Wenceslaw or other Slavic names beginning with Vech- or Vach. Americanized form of German Fachler an occupational name for a surveyor of fish pens (see Fecher ).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022