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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German (usually Scheckeler) : Americanized spelling of German Scheckler or Scheckeler, an occupational name for a maker of jackets, especially of heavy jackets or coats, from Middle High German ‘quilted (house)coat’.

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