Letcher Family History
Letcher Name Meaning
English: occupational name from Middle English lecher lechour lichour ‘physician’ a derivative of the verb lechen lichen ‘to cure treat with medicines’. English: nickname from Middle English lech(o)ur lecher lichour ‘debauchee glutton rake lecher paramour’ (Old French lecheor). English: topographic name for someone who lived by a stream or wet place Middle English leche lache + -er. This type of name is found mainly in the most southerly English counties especially Hampshire Surrey and Sussex. Compare Leachman Americanized form of German Letscher .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022