as a Last Name
- 53,922
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Baxter
Meaning & Origins
Northern English and Scottish: occupational name from Old English bæcestre ‘baker’, variant (originally a feminine form) of bæcere (see Baker).
| 640th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 53,922
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Alaska
- has the most people named Baxter per capita
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