Family name origins & meanings
- Dutch : topographic name, derived from a misdivision of van den nokere ‘from the nut (tree)’ (Middle Dutch noker) + man ‘man’.
- Dutch : variant of Ackerman, from akker ‘field’ + man ‘man’, a topographic name, or an occupational name for a farmer.
- German (Ockermann) : variant of Ocker 1.