What nationality is the last name Potter?

Question

What nationality is the last name Potter?

Answer 1

Both English or German

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Answer 2

This is what www.ancestry.com has to say about the name.

Potter Name Meaning and History

English, Dutch, and North German (Pötter): occupational name for a maker of drinking and storage vessels, from an agent derivative of Middle English, Middle Low German pot. In the Middle Ages the term covered workers in metal as well as earthenware and clay.

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Answer 3

English.

Answer 4

English. Surnames, years ago, derived from the occupation the person did. Potter would have come from someone who worked with clay making crockery.

Cooper was someone who made barrels

Smith being more common as occupations were:-

Blacksmith

Tinsmith

Goldsmith - so on and so forth.

Wright was someone who made wheels

Answer 5

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