MacCutcheon — Family Name, Records and Arms

Spelled MacCutcheon, the surname still points back to McCutcheon. The family name meaning is “The son of Hutcheon, a pet form of Hugh”, the same as for McCutcheon.

Other spellings include McCutchen and MocCutchan. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. MacCutcheon is listed among the recognised spellings of McCutcheon.

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named MacCutcheon, so the heraldry linked to McCutcheon is a starting point, not an automatic right. Want more than a summary? See the MacCutcheon family name pack.