Ketcher Family History
Ketcher Name Meaning
English (Essex and Surrey): variant of Catcher from Middle English cachere ‘huntsman’ or ‘driver of animals’. It is probably also used in the same sense as the diminutive cacherel ‘bailiff of a hundred’ which was common both as a name of office and as a surname. The cacherels had an unpleasant reputation for extortion and oppression. Americanized form of German Ketscher .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022