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Tucker

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English occupational name
"fabric pleater"

Tucker Origin and Meaning

The name Tucker is a boy's name of English origin meaning "fabric pleater".

Tucker has more spunk than most last-name-first-names, and also a positive, comforting ("Tuck me in, Mommy") feel.

Tucker got something of a preppy image via bow-tied conservative TV commentator Tucker Carlson, and quite the opposite from writer/blogger Tucker Max, author of the #1 best-seller I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell. Tucker Crowe is a character in the Nick Hornby novel Juliet, Naked.

# 197 in the US

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# 837 on Nameberry

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Famous People Named Tucker

  • Tucker Swanson McNear CarlsonAmerican political commentator
  • Tucker MaxAmerican blogger and author
  • Ivan Charles "Tucker" FredericksonAmerican NFL football player
  • Thomas William "Tucker" SmithAmerican actor/dancer
  • Tucker WestAmerican Olympic luger
  • Tucker FredricksAmerican Olympic speed skater
  • Tucker GatesAmerican TV director
  • Thomas Steven "Tucker" AshfordAmerican baseball player
  • Tucker ReedAmerican novelist
  • Tucker Quayle (b 1976)son of former U.S. VP Dan Quayle
  • Tucker Dee Chapman (b. 1983)son of bounty hunter and TV personality Duane "Dog" Chapman
  • Tucker Wadkinsson of golfer Lanny Wadkins
  • Tucker Bush (b. 2006)son of musician Kristian Bush of Sugarland
  • Tucker Edward Markakis (b. 2010)son of baseball player Nick Markakis
  • Tucker McFadden Wilkerson (b. 2012)son of actress Melissa Joan Hart

Tucker in Pop Culture

  • Dallas Tucker Winstoncharacter in S.E. Hinton's "The Outsiders"
  • William George Bailey Jones "Tucker"character in Grey's Anatomy
  • Tucker McCallcharacter on American soap "The Young and the Restless"
  • Tucker Dobbscharacter on TV's "Baby Daddy"
  • Tucker "Tuck" Jamesmain character on TV's "FlashForward"
  • Tucker Jonescharacter on TV's "Grey's Anatomy"
  • Tucker Jenkinscharacter on British TV's "Grange Hill" and "Tucker's Luck"
  • Tucker Crowecharacter in "Juliet, Naked" by Nick Hornby
  • Tuckercharacter in web series "Red vs Blue"
  • Tucker Foleycharacter in animated series "Danny Phantom"
  • "John Tucker Must Die" 2006 movie
  • "Little Tommy Tucker" nursery rhyme
  • George Tuckercharacter on TV's "Hart of Dixie"