Latter Family History
Latter Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a worker in wood or a nickname for a thin person from an agent derivative of Middle English latt ‘thin narrow strip of wood lath’ (Old English lætt). Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): occupational name for a cobbler tinker or the like from an agent derivative of Yiddish laten ‘to patch to repair’. German: variant of Lattner .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022