Meaning & Origin
A surname originating as an occupation.
Thatcher is a boy's and girl's baby name of Old English origin, an occupational surname for a thatcher — a craftsman who covered roofs with straw or reeds — from the Old English thaec (thatch). It carries the honest, skilled-craftsman quality of the best occupational names.
While Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's surname is the most famous modern association, as a first name Thatcher carries the appealing combination of the -er ending that has made Fletcher, Turner, and Hunter so popular, along with a rugged, countryside English quality. It has been growing steadily in the United States.