Tuttle

Part of speech: verb, noun

Definitions

1. A family name of English origin borne by many people across the English-speaking world
2. A surname traditionally found in England and North America, carried by numerous individuals and families
3. A common English-origin family name shared by a large number of people in various countries

Etymology: "Tuttle" is chiefly an English surname, and its origin is uncertain. It is most likely a diminutive or nickname form of a medieval personal name, the kind of pet form that English families often turned into surnames, but no single source for it has been firmly established. Surnames of this type appear in English records from the Middle Ages onward, and the name later spread with English-speaking emigrants to North America and elsewhere, where it remains common. Because the name's early spellings and forms vary, any firmer story about its first bearer would be speculation.