Tricker
surname · Latin script
Meaning: from ME trik, OFr trigue, Norman-Picard form of triche ‘trick’; first attested Gilbert Trykere 1260 FFEss (A Dictionary of English Surnames)
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 3 countries · latest register: Census Bureau, 2020
/ˈtɹɪkə/(recorded in a dictionary) English · from Wiktionary
Tricker is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
- GBUnited Kingdom
- AUAustralia
- CACanada
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
How to pronounce Tricker
- English:/ˈtɹɪkə/(recorded in a dictionary) from Wiktionary
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)from ME trik, OFr trigue, Norman-Picard form of triche ‘trick’; first attested Gilbert Trykere 1260 FFEss.
Cited for this meaning 1
- A Dictionary of English Surnames
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Recorded in:
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Other recorded senses
(measured from records)Tricker is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, One who tricks or plays tricks; a practical joker; a prankster
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In English, different form of Trick
as a nameEncyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- R. A. R. Trickerb. 1901GBStaff Inspector for Science, Author
- Robert Ian Trickerb. 1933GBBritish economist (1933-)
- David Whiteb. 1939USnot in their usual nameU.S. singer, songwriter and record producer (1939-2019)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them
(machine-generated)Evidence
(measured from records)9 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 3 countries.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Tricker mean, and where does it come from?
- from ME trik, OFr trigue, Norman-Picard form of triche ‘trick’; first attested Gilbert Trykere 1260 FFEss. Recorded by A Dictionary of English Surnames.
- What are other forms of the name Tricker?
- In the etymology graph, Trick is a form of the same name in other languages.
- How do you pronounce Tricker?
- In English /ˈtɹɪkə/ (Wiktionary).
- In which country does Tricker have the most bearers?
- Tricker is most frequently recorded in the United States.
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About this data
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Tricker”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.