Last name SITCH: origin and meaning

Sitch: 1: English (southern): topographic name from Middle English sich(e) stream ditch (Old English sc) for someone who lived near a small stream. Compare Sykes which is from a northern English word of Scandinavian origin with a similar meaning.3: Americanized form of Czech S and Si (see Sic 1) or Rusyn (from Slovakia) and Serbian

Sitch : 1: English (southern): topographic name from Middle English sich(e) ‘stream ditch’ (Old English sīc) for someone who lived near a small stream. Compare Sykes which is from a northern English word of Scandinavian origin with a similar meaning.3: Americanized form of Czech Síč and Sič (see Sic 1) or Rusyn (from Slovakia) and Serbian Sič (see Sic 3).2: Americanized form of Hungarian Szűcs (see Szucs).

Source : DAFN2 : Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, ©2022 by Patrick Hanks and Oxford University Press

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