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Surname Etymology and Meaning of CUTTER

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A boat; a name probably taken from the sign of an inn, as "John at the Cutter." Coutier, French, a weaver or seller of ticking.

Source: An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names With an Essay on their Derivation and Import (1857).

1. English: from an agent derivative of Old English cyttan ‘to cut’, possibly applied as an occupational name for a tailor or barber.
2. Americanized form of German Kotter.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names (2003)