The witty Surname
witty Name Meaning and History
English: nickname for a bright or inventive person, from Middle
English witty ‘clever’, ‘ingenious’. It is possible that some
early examples may represent a survival into Middle English of Old
English witega ‘soothsayer’, and there may also have been
some confusion with Whitty.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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