Updated June 9, 2019 Share: Boy name origins & meanings English : Occupational surname Boy name variations Baker Backstere Baecere Baxter Baxley Bakir Bakker Bakory Bakr Family name origins & meanings English : patronymic from Back 2.German : from a short form of a Germanic personal name, related to Old High German bāgan ‘to fight’.North German form of Backhaus.