The witcher Surname
witcher Name Meaning and History
- occupational name for a chest maker, from an agent derivative of Old English hwicce ‘chest’.
- from an agent derivative of Middle English wiche ‘settlement’, ‘farmstead’ (Old English wic), hence an occupational name for a dairy farmer or a habitational name for someone who lived at a place called Wich or Wick.
- topographic name Middle English wyche ‘wych-elm’ + hey ‘enclosure’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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