Thackar Family Crest & Name History

The last name Thackar is another written form of Thacker, an English family name. The name is usually explained as “Thatcher”.

Other spellings include Thacher. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. Before spelling was fixed, Thacker was also written Thackar.

Names that sound alike, such as Thackeray, are easily confused in old records.

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