from a pet form of Hitch.in
parts of the West Midlands this may have been a patronymic from
Hitch, from an old genitive ending.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’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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