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ArchivesRe: How is Hitchcock a nickname for Isaac?
in reply to a message by I like old names
I do not believe Hitchcock is related to Isaac at all.
I would not trust "Curiosities of Puritan Nomenclature" as a reference for the etymology of surnames. The recent dictionaries of English surnames I have consulted all say that Hitch (and so Hitchcock) were medieval diminutives for Richard, not Isaac.
I would not trust "Curiosities of Puritan Nomenclature" as a reference for the etymology of surnames. The recent dictionaries of English surnames I have consulted all say that Hitch (and so Hitchcock) were medieval diminutives for Richard, not Isaac.
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