Tucker (given name)

TuckerOrigin

Word/name| Old English, Old Saxon, Gaeilge
Meaning| derived from various Germanic verbs meaning "to torment"
Region of origin| England, Germany, Ireland
Other names
Variant form(s)| Tukker, Toher

Tucker is a given name of mixed origin, likely deriving from the occupational surname referring to a "cloth-softener".[1] The word 'Tucker' comes from the German word Tucher, meaning cloth-weaver.[2]

## People with the given name "Tucker" include

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* Tucker Addington (born 1997), American football player
* Tucker Albrizzi (born 2000), American actor
* Tucker Ashford (born 1954), American baseball player

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* Tucker Barnhart (born 1991), American baseball player
* Tucker Beathard (born 1995), American singer-songwriter
* Tucker Bone (born 1996), American soccer player
* Tucker Boner (born 1993), American social media personality
* Tucker Bounds (born 1979), American politician

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* Tucker Carlson (born 1969), American television host
* Tucker Cawley, American journalist and television show host
* Tucker Croft (??–1955), Irish footballer

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* Tucker Davidson (born 1996), American baseball player
* Tucker DeVries (born 2002), American basketball player
* Tucker Dupree (born 1989), American swimmer
* Tucker Durkin (born 1990), American lacrosse player

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* Tucker Elliot, American sportswriter
* Tucker Eskew (born 1962), American political strategist

### F

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* Tucker Fisk (born 1999), American football player
* Tucker Fredricks (born 1984), American speed skater
* Tucker Frederickson (born 1943), American football player

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* Tucker Gates, American television director
* Tucker Gleason, American football player
* Tucker Gougelmann (1917–1975), American army officer

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* Tucker Hibbert (born 1984), American snowboarder
* Tucker Hollingsworth (born 1984), American photographer
* Tucker Hume (born 1993), American soccer player

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* Tucker Kraft (born 2000), American football player

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* Tucker Lepley (born 2002), American soccer player

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* Tucker Martine (born 1972), American record producer
* Tucker Max (born 1975), American author
* Tucker McCann (born 1997), American football player
* Tucker L. Melancon (born 1946), American judge
* Tucker Murphy (born 1991), American-British skier

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* Tucker Neale (born 1972), American basketball player
* Tucker Nichols (born 1970), American artist

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* Tucker Poolman (born 1993), American ice hockey player

### R

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* Tucker Reed (born 1989), American murderer and author
* Tucker Richardson, American basketball player
* Tucker Rountree (born 1981), American songwriter
* Tucker Rule, American Drummer (Thursday, L.S. Dunes, Frank Iero and the Patience)

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* Tucker Smallwood (born 1944), American author
* Tucker Smith (1936–1988), American actor
* Tucker P. Smith (1898–1970), American academic
* Tucker Stephenson (born 1996), American soccer player

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* Tucker Toman (born 2003), American baseball player
* Tucker Tooley (born 1968/1969), American film producer

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* Tucker Vorster (born 1988), South African tennis player

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* Tucker West (born 1995), American luger
* Tucker Wiard (1941–2022), American television editor

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* Tucker Zimmerman (born 1941), American singer-songwriter

## Fictional characters

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* Tucker Cooper, a fictional engineer in the Shining Time Station 1990 holiday special, "Tis a Gift"
* Tucker Crowe, the fictional reclusive singer-songwriter in Nick Hornby's novel Juliet, Naked
* Tucker Foley, a character on the Nicktoon Danny Phantom
* Tucker Jenkins, played by actor Todd Carty in the BBC television series Grange Hill and spin-off Tucker's Luck
* Tucker McCall, a character on the soap opera The Young and the Restless
* Tucker Williams, a.k.a. Mega Boy, from the film Zoom
* Tucker/Norm Phipps, a character in the 1998 movie There's Something About Mary

## See also

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* Tucker (surname), a page for people with the surname "Tucker"

## References

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1. ^ "Etymology & Historical Origin of the Baby Name Tucker". ohbabynames.com. 17 June 2014. Retrieved April 1, 2022.
2. ^ "Tucker Surname Meaning, History & Origin". selectsurnames.com. Retrieved April 1, 2022.

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