Witcher Family History

English (Hampshire):: occupational name for a chest maker from an agent noun derivative of Middle English whicche ‘chest’ (Old English hwicce).

Possibly from an agent derivative of Middle English wiche ‘settlement farmstead’ (Old English wīc); hence an occupational name for a dairy farmer or a habitational name for someone who lived at a place called Wich or Wick.

Possibly a topographic name meaning ‘dweller by the wych‐elm enclosure’ (from Old English wice ‘wych-elm’ + (ge)hæg ‘enclosure’).