Schutter Family History
Schutter Name Meaning
North German (Schütter) and Dutch: occupational name for a guard watchman or warden from an agent derivative of Middle Low German schutten ‘to protect’. This was also an occupational name for an official who impounded stray cattle. See also Schuetz . Dutch: occupational name for a archer or bowman subsequently a status name for a member of a marksman's guild Middle Dutch scut(t)ere.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022