as a Last Name
- 18,142
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Fitch
Meaning & Origins
English: of disputed origin. Reaney rejects the traditional explanation that it is a nickname derived from early modern English fitch ‘polecat’, as this word is not recorded in this form until the 16th century, whereas the byname or surname Fitchet is found as early as the 12th century. He proposes instead that the name may be from Old French fiche ‘stake’ (used as a boundary marker), but with the sense ‘iron point’, and so a metonymic occupational name for a workman who used an ironpointed implement.
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- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 18,142
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Maine
- has the most people named Fitch per capita
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