Family name origins & meanings
- English (Lancashire) : from a pet form of Hitch.
- English (Lancashire) : in parts of the West Midlands this may have been a patronymic from Hitch, from an old genitive ending.
- English (Lancashire) : habitational name from Hitchin in Hertfordshire, which is derived from the dative plural of the old tribal name Hicce, which itself may be derived from a Celtic river name meaning ‘dry’.