Baxter

Meanings

1. A surname originating as an occupation originating in northern England and in Scotland, a variant of Baker.
2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
3. A township and rural locality in the Shire of Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia.
4. A community in Essa, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.
5. A number of places in the United States:
6. An unincorporated community in Placer County, California.
7. An unincorporated community in Pueblo County, Colorado.
8. An unincorporated community in Union County, Georgia.
9. A minor city in Jasper County, Iowa.
10. An unincorporated community in Harlan County, Kentucky.
11. A township in Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota.
12. A city in Crow Wing County, Minnesota.

1. A baker (originally, a female baker).

Etymology

From Middle English bakster, bakestre, from Old English bæcestre (“baker”), equivalent to bake + -ster.