Northcutt (surname)

Northcutt is a surname originating as a toponymic surname in England. It may be traced as far back to Devon in the year 1103 at Northcote manor,^[1] and may be translated in Old English as norð ‘north’ + cot ‘cottage’, ‘shelter’.^[2]

A new manor was built beside the ruins of the original Northcote manor, which still exists today in North Devonshire,^[3] and the first officially recorded resident of the "north cottage" in Devonshire was one Nicholas de Northicote in the year 1199.^[4]

There are a wide variety of spelling variations on the 'Northcutt' surname that have evolved over time and geography. These include:

• Northcote
• Northicote
• Norcott
• Norcot
• Norcutt
• Norcut
• Northcott
• Northcot
• Northcut
• Norkutt
• Norkett
• Narracott
• Northcult
• North Cult
• Northcutt

• Adrian Northcut (1799–1869): A U.S. military General that fought in the War with Mexico, later chose the site where Altamont, Tennessee was built

• Frances ‘Poppy’ Northcutt (born 1943): U.S. mathematician and women's rights activist; responsible for calculating the return-to-Earth trajectory of Apollo 8 and the rescue trajectory of Apollo 13
• Sage Northcutt, a professional martial artist from Texas.

Surname list

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