The baby name Hutchinson is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈhʌtʃɪnsən/ (HUT-chin-suhn).
Hutchinson is English in Origin.
The baby name Hutchinson is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈhʌtʃɪnsən/ (HUT-chin-suhn).
Hutchinson is English in Origin.
An English and Scots patronymic, Hutchinson means “son of Hutch,” with Hutch a medieval diminutive of Hugh. Hugh entered Britain with the Normans (French Hugues) and traces to the Proto-Germanic root hug-, “mind, heart, spirit.” The name likely formed through Middle English pet forms Huch/Hutch plus the diminutive -in/-kin before the -son suffix fixed the lineage sense.
As a given name, Hutchinson has been rare but fits the modern British and American fashion for surname firsts. It appears across northern England and the Scottish Lowlands and later in Ireland and North America through migration. Streamlined nickname Hutch adds easy wearability. Close variants include Hutchison and Hutcheson (Scots forms), Hutchins and Hutchin; related roots connect it to Hugh and Hugo. Overall, Hutchinson carries the meaning “son of Hugh,” or by extension, “descendant of mind and spirit.”
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HU | Boys | 0 | #174 | 1 | 3,954 |
| NA | Boys | 0 | #253 | 1 | 6,830 |
| NG | 0 | #272 | 1 | 5,926 | |
| JM | Boys | 0 | #291 | 3 | 6,876 |
| MY | 0 | #354 | 1 | 12,352 | |
| CR | Boys | 0 | #510 | 1 | 10,188 |
| CR | Girls | 0 | #573 | 1 | 11,342 |
| United States | Boys | 2024 | #870 | 23 | 7,044 |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #918 | 1 | 17,948 |
| PE | Boys | 0 | #926 | 1 | 14,506 |
| NG | Boys | 0 | #998 | 4 | 16,906 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,182 | 1 | 25,439 |
| DZ | 0 | #1,234 | 1 | 20,130 | |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #1,235 | 2 | 25,928 |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,272 | 1 | 25,619 |
Hutchinson is popular in 11 countries — most recent births per country:
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