The fitz Surname
fitz Name Meaning and History
- English: generally said to be from Anglo-Norman French fi(t)z ‘son’, used originally to distinguish a son from a father bearing the same personal name.
- It could also be a habitational name from a place in Shropshire called Fitz, recorded in 1194 as Fittesho, from an Old English personal name, Fitt, + hoh ‘hill spur’.
- In one family at least, it is an altered form of English Fitch.
- German: unexplained. Possibly from a vernacular pet form of the personal name Vincent.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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