Hitchcocks Name Meaning, Origin and Heraldry

Spelled Hitchcocks, the surname still points back to Hitchcock. Read literally, Hitchcocks points to “little Hitch", from Richard"”.

Hitchcocks and Hitchcock

The extra ending in Hitchcocks is patronymic: it identified a person as belonging to Hitchcock's family. Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard. You may also find the name written Hichcock.

Hitchcocks by the numbers

Family crest and blazon

Arms linked to Hitchcock and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

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