Baxter (name)

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Baxter

Baker baking bread in an oven—miniature in a 13th-century psalter
Language(s)	English
Origin
Meaning	"A baker"
Region of origin	England
Other names
Variant form(s)	Bakster, Baxstar, Baxstair, Baxstare, Baxster
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Baxter is an English name, originally from the English occupational surname meaning baker, from the early Middle English bakstere and the Old English bæcere. The form Bakster was originally feminine, with Baker as the masculine equivalent, but over time both names came to apply to both men and women. Ancient variations in the spelling of the surname include Bakster, Baxstar, Baxstair, Baxstare and Baxster.^[2][3]