Backer

Backer

1. A botanical plant name author abbreviation for Dutch botanist Cornelis Andries Backer (1874-1963). For the surname, see below.

• Author query of the International Plant Names Index

• As a German (Bäcker) and occasionally Danish surname, variant of Becker. Compare also Baecker.
• As a Dutch and occasionally Norwegian surname, variant of Bakker. Compare also DeBacker.
• As an English surname, variant of Baker.

Backer

1. A surname.