Wither Family History
Wither Name Meaning
Scottish (Wigtownshire) and English:: from the Middle English personal name Wither or its Old Norse cognate Vitharr Withar. nickname from Middle English wither(e) wethir (Old English wither) ‘ferocious savage; argumentative’. perhaps a topographic name for someone who lived by a willow tree from an agent derivative of Middle English withi ‘willow’ (Old English wīthig). Compare Withey .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022