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Fitch (surname)

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Fitch
Fitch family coat of arms
PronunciationFitch
Origin
Word/nameOld French
Region of originEngland
Other names
Variant form(s)Fytche, Ffytche, Fitche, Fitcher, Fittje, and Fitchy
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Fitch is a family name of Old French origin. Like most ancient surnames, there are a number of possible origins to the name. It may originate from the Old French word fissell meaning "an iron-pointed implement".[1] It may also derive from William de Gernon who inherited the barony of Stansted Mountfitchet in Essex, England and took the surname "de Montifitchet". His descendants eventually shortened the name first to "Fitche" and then to "Fitch".[2][self-published source]

Related names include Fitchet, Fitchell, Fitchen and Fitchett, as well as others. Earliest records show the name and derivatives occurring from the 12th century onwards. It may also have been used as a personal name.[1]

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  1. ^ a b c P. H. Reaney (10 October 1991). A Dictionary of English Surnames. Taylor & Francis. p. 1172. ISBN 978-0-415-05737-0. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
  2. ^ Richard Coleman Witters (17 December 2009). Ancestral Roots and Descendants of Charles Robert Looney and LaVanchie Margaret Cool and the Families of Ackley, Bradford, Burbank, Cool, Crow, Dwight, Fitch, Flint, Goodwin, Granger, Hoar, Kuhl, Looney, Mason, Partridge, Peck, Wark, and Whiting. Xlibris Corporation. pp. 135–. ISBN 978-1-4415-2936-7. Archived from the original on 27 June 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
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