Släkthistoria för Nutkins
Nutkins Vad efternamn betyder
variant of the now extinct surname Nutkin with post-medieval excrescent -s. Its origin is a Middle English male or female personal name Nutekin or Notekin which was probably introduced to England from Flanders or Picardy after the Norman Conquest. It corresponds to Middle Dutch *Noutekin Noidekin a diminutive of Middle Dutch Nout itself a pet form of the Middle Dutch male name Arnout (Continental Germanic Arnwald see Arnold) and presumably also of its female equivalent which is attested in the latinized forms Arnolda (Paris 9th cent.) and Ernaud(i)a (Arras 13th cent.). Compare Nutland.
Källa: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
