The hitchen Surname
hitchen Name Meaning and History
- from a pet form of Hitch.
- in parts of the West Midlands this may have been a patronymic from Hitch, from an old genitive ending.
- habitational name from Hitchin in Hertfordshire, which is derived from the dative plural of the old tribal name Hicce, which itself may be derived from a Celtic river name meaning ‘dry’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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