About the Nuttal Surname

Nuttal is a branch of the Nuttall name tree. Its meaning, shared with Nuttall, is “nook of land with nut trees”.

Family crest and blazon

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Nuttal, so the heraldry linked to Nuttall is a starting point, not an automatic right.

How the spelling arose

Without the “l” of Nuttall, Nuttal is a simpler written form of the same name. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. Other spellings include Nutall.

Want more than a summary? See the Nuttal family name pack.