Updated June 9, 2019 Share: Boy name origins & meanings Latin : Right-handed Boy name variations Dexter Daxter Decca Decka Dekka Dex Dextar Dextor Dextron Dextur Family name origins & meanings South German : occupational name for a roofer, from Middle High German decke ‘covering’. Compare the later form Decker.Dutch and North German : from the personal name Deck, a local pet form of Dutch Diederik (see Dederick) or German Dietrich.