Släkthistoria för Skelcher
Skelcher Vad efternamn betyder
of continental origin found as Schelcher in Hämikon canton Lucerne Switzerland in the first half of the 17th century and also known in Germany. According to Brechenmacher 2 p. 495 it means ‘boatman’ from a regional word for a type of boat used on the river Main but it might derive from the regional word Schelch ‘(wild) stallion’.
Källa: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
