Nutt Family History
Nutt Name Meaning
English: nickname from Middle English note nute notte nutte ‘nut’ (Old English hnutu) perhaps used for a man with a round head or a brown complexion. English: topographic name for someone who lived by a nut-tree from Middle English note nute notte nutte ‘nut’ (Old English hnutu) used also to denote the tree. Irish (Ulster especially Derry): shortened form of McNutt North German: nickname for an industrious person from Middle High German nutte ‘useful efficient’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022