Given name & surname

Hitchens

Hitchens is a surname.

Meaning & origin

How it developed

In English usage, Hitchens as a surname has a patronymic derivation linked to HITCH.

Hitchens’s family of names

In English usage, Hitchens as a surname has a patronymic derivation linked to HITCH.

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