English Explanatory Dictionary

Fitton

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname.

Word forms

Fitton Fittons

Etymology

Two possible origins: * From Middle English fiton, fittin (“lie, falsehood”), a nickname for a liar or cheat. * A habitational surname from a minor place in Cambridgeshire, from Old Norse fit (“grassland on the bank of a river”) + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

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