Tucker (given name)

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

Tucker

Origin
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

People with the given name "Tucker" include

A

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

B

• 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

C

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

D

• 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

E

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

F

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

G

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

H

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

K

• Tucker Kraft (born 2000), American football player

L

• Tucker Lepley (born 2002), American soccer player

M

• 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

N

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

P

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

R

• 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)

S

• 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

T

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

V

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

W

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

Z

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

Fictional characters

• 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

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