Släkthistoria för Scutchings
Scutchings Vad efternamn betyder
unexplained. Apparently from Middle English scochoun ‘escutcheon coat of arms’ (Anglo-Norman French escuchoune) but there are no known medieval bearers. Possibly therefore a form of Gudgin (itself a variant of Gudgeon) which appears in the same area. If so it has acquired a prosthetic S- as well as variably a post-medieval excrescent -s.
Källa: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
