Prater Family History
Prater Name Meaning
English (southern): nickname from Middle English prater ‘chatterer’. English (southern): occupational name for a reeve the chief magistrate or bailiff of a district from Middle English preto(u)r borrowed from Latin praetor. Dutch: occupational name for a warden of meadows or a gamekeeper from Middle Dutch prater preter (from Latin pratarius a derivative of pratum ‘meadow’). Dutch and North German: nickname for an excessively talkative person from Middle Low German praten ‘to talk or prattle’. German: variant of Brater (see Brader ).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022