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Where does the last name Cutchins originate?


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Cutchins

Reduced and altered form of Scottish McCutcheon, with the addition of English patronymic -s.

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McCutcheon
Scottish and northern Irish (of Scottish origin): Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Uisdein, a patronymic from the personal name Uisdean, a Gaelicized form of Old French Huchon, a pet form of Hu(gh)e (see Hugh).

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

You can look up "Hugh" yourself via the link, if you like. No sense in me having all the fun.