Fitch ( surname ) - wikipedia Fitch ( surname ) Fitch Family name Fitch family coat of arms Pronunciation Fitch Region of origin England Related names Fytche, Ffytche, Fitche, Fitcher, Fittje, and Fitchy Footnotes : Fitch is a family name of Old French origin. Like most ancient surnames, there are a number of possible origins to the name. It may originate from the Old French word fissell meaning `` an iron - pointed implement ''. It may also derive from William de Gernon who inherited the barony of Stansted Mountfitchet in Essex, England and took the surname `` de Montifitchet ''. His descendants eventually shortened the name first to `` Fitche '' and then to `` Fitch ''. Related names include Fitchet, Fitchell, Fitchen and Fitchett, as well as others. Earliest records show the name and derivatives occurring from the 12th century onwards. It may also have been used as a personal name. Contents 1 People 1.1 In arts and entertainment 1.1. 1 Writers 1.1. 2 In other arts 1.2 In business 1.3 In government, military, and politics 1.3. 1 United States 1.3. 2 Other countries 1.4 In science and academia 1.5 In sport 1.6 In other fields 2 See also 3 References 4 External links People In arts and entertainment Writers Brian T. Fitch, French - Canadian nonfiction author Clyde Fitch, American playwright George Helgesen Fitch ( 1877 -- 1915 ), American author, humorist, and journalist Janet Fitch, American author Lucy Fitch Perkins, ( 1865 -- 1937 ), American children 's author Noël Riley Fitch, author Sheree Fitch, Canadian children 's author In other arts Albert Fitch Bellows ( 1829 -- 1883 ), American landscape painter Alice Underwood Fitch ( 1862 - 1936 ), American painter Graham Fitch, pianist John Fitch ( computer scientist ) ( born 1945 ), computer scientist, mathematician and composer Rodney Fitch, English designer In business Benjamin Franklin Fitch ( 1877 - 1956 ), author of the concept of containers in the US before the Second World War Ezra Fitch, New York lawyer and cofounder of Abercrombie & Fitch, a clothing company George Ashmore Fitch, YMCA Administrative Director George B. Fitch, American businessman, politician, and Olympic organizer John Fitch ( inventor ) ( 1743 -- 1798 ), early American inventor, built the first steamboat in the United States in 1786 John Knowles Fitch ( 1880 -- 1943 ), founder of Fitch Ratings, Ltd John Thomas Fitch, father and son of J.T. Fitch & Son, drapers of Adelaide, South Australia Ralph Fitch, British merchant - explorer of India and Burma In government, military, and politics United states Alva Revista Fitch, U.S. Army Lieutenant General Ashbel P. Fitch ( 1848 -- 1904 ), New York politician Aubrey Fitch, U.S. Navy admiral Asa Fitch ( Representative ) ( 1765 -- 1843 ), US Congress representative Chauncey Fitch Cleveland ( 1799 -- 1887 ), US politician George B. Fitch, American businessman, politician, and Olympic organizer Graham N. Fitch, US Representative and Senator Jabez W. Fitch, Democratic lieutenant - governor of Ohio from 1878 to 1880 LeRoy Fitch, officer during the American Civil War Thomas Fitch ( governor ) ( IV ) ( 1699 -- 1774 ), governor of the Connecticut Colony Thomas Fitch, V ( 1725 -- 1795 ), representative from Norwalk to the Connecticut House of Representatives, traditionally believed to be the original `` Yankee Doodle Dandy. '' Thomas Fitch ( politician ), United States Representative from Nevada Zarnell Fitch, a US sailor lost on the U.S.S. Arizona on December 7, 1941 Other countries Alan Fitch ( 1915 -- 1985 ), British Labour Party politician Ralph Bruce Fitch, New Brunswick, Canada politician In science and academia Asa Fitch, American entomologist Frederic Brenton Fitch, American logician and inventor of Fitch - style calculus Henry Sheldon Fitch, American herpetologist James Marston Fitch, historic preservationist John Fitch ( computer scientist ) ( born 1945 ), computer scientist, mathematician and composer John A. Fitch ( 1881 -- 1959 ), writer and professor of labor relations John Nugent Fitch ( 1840 -- 1927 ), botanical illustrator Joshua Girling Fitch ( 1824 -- 1903 ), English educationalist Marc Fitch, English historian and philanthropist Val Logsdon Fitch, Nobel Prize - winning nuclear physicist W. Tecumseh Fitch, evolutionary psychologist Walter M. Fitch ( 1929 -- 2011 ), American evolutionary biologist Walter Hood Fitch ( 1817 -- 1892 ), Scottish botanical artist In sport Alfred Fitch, American Olympian Alison Fitch, New Zealand Olympian Bill Fitch, American college and professional basketball coach Gerald Fitch, U.S. basketball player Horatio Fitch, American Olympian John Fitch ( racing driver ) ( 1917 -- 2012 ), racing driver, inventor of innovative safety devices and descendent of John Fitch ( inventor ) Jon Fitch, American mixed martial arts fighter Joyce Fitch, Australian tennis player Nathaniel Fitch ( born 1958 ), former heavyweight boxer Zarnell Fitch ( born 1983 ), American football player In other fields Charles Fitch, American preacher Dennis E. Fitch, American commercial airline pilot Ed Fitch ( born 1937 ), occult author and Wiccan High Priest Henry D. Fitch ( 1767 -- 1849 ), early settler of San Diego, California James P. Fitch, notable in the early history of the Boy Scouts of America John Fitch, Massachusetts settler for whom Fitchburg, Massachusetts is named John Fitch ( racing driver ) ( 1917 -- 2012 ), racing driver, inventor of innovative safety devices and descendent of John Fitch ( inventor ) John H. Fitch, namesake of YMCA Camp Fitch in Springfield, Pennsylvania Ralph Fitch, British merchant - explorer of India and Burma Thomas Fitch ( settler ) ( I ) ( 1612 -- 1704 ), founding settler of Norwalk, Connecticut See also Fitch ( disambiguation ) References ^ Jump up to : P.H. Reaney ( 10 October 1991 ). A Dictionary of English Surnames. Taylor & Francis. p. 1172. ISBN 978 - 0 - 415 - 05737 - 0. Retrieved 30 October 2012. Jump up ^ Richard Coleman Witters ( 17 December 2009 ). Ancestral Roots and Descendants of Charles Robert Looney and LaVanchie Margaret Cool and the Families of Ackley, Bradford, Burbank, Cool, Crow, Dwight, Fitch, Flint, Goodwin, Granger, Hoar, Kuhl, Looney, Mason, Partridge, Peck, Wark, and Whiting. Xlibris Corporation. pp. 135 --. ISBN 978 - 1 - 4415 - 2936 - 7. Retrieved 30 October 2012. External links Fitch Family History and Genealogy Fitch Family History in the UK This page lists people with the surname Fitch. If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person 's given name ( s ) to the link. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fitch_(surname)&oldid=778822456 '' Categories : Surnames Hidden categories : Pages using infobox family name with unknown parameters All set index articles Talk Contents About Wikipedia Slovenščina Edit links This page was last edited on 5 May 2017, at 12 : 13. About Wikipedia

Question: where does the last name fitch come from
Answer: Old French