Wachter Family History
Wachter Name Meaning
German and Swiss German (also Wächter); Dutch: occupational name for a watchman from Middle High German wachtære wehtære Middle Dutch wacht(e)re ‘watchman guard keeper’. Compare Wactor . Jewish (Ashkenazic): from German Wachter ‘watchman’ perhaps an occupational name by a synagogue beadle (Yiddish shames).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022