The pitcher Surname
pitcher Name Meaning and History
- English (chiefly eastern and southern): from an agent derivative of Middle English pich ‘pitch’, hence an occupational name for a caulker, one who sealed the seams of ships or barrels with pitch.
- English: variant of Pickard 2.
- Possibly from German Pitscher, from the short form of a personal name formed with Old High German bitan ‘to endure’, or bittan ‘to wish or ask for’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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