Släkthistoria för Tott
Tott Vad efternamn betyder
from an unrecorded Middle English personal name *Tot(te) representing either Old English Tot(t)a (of uncertain origin) or Old Scandinavian Tóti which is probably a pet form of Old Scandinavian Þorsteinn (see Thurstan). See also Totty Tutt and compare Sabyna Tottedoghter' 1379 in Poll Tax (Kirkby Malham WR Yorks); Radulphus Totusone 1377 in Poll Tax (Frisby on the Wreak Leics). Some early bearers may belong with (2) or (3). from Middle English tot(te) ‘simpleton fool’. see Tote. perhaps also a variant of Tutt.
Källa: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
