nickname for a brave or powerfully built
man, from Middle English stout ‘steadfast’.from the Old
Norse byname Stútr ‘gnat’, denoting a small and
insignificant person.possibly also a habitational name from a
minor place named with the Old English element stut ‘stumpy
hillock’, which is found as a component in various Devon place names.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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