Hichane meaning | Last name Hichane origin

The family name Hichane is the variant of Hitchin. A town in county of Hertford. Also a "nurse-name" of Richard.

The surname Hichane is variant of the Hitchings. One who came from Hitchin, the Hicce tribe, in Hertfordshire; the son of little Hitch or Hick, pet forms of Richard meaning "rule, hard".

Form of Hitchinson. See Richard - This baptismal name, besides becoming itself a surname, has given rise to many others; viz., Richards, Richardson, Rich, Ritchie, Riches, Rick, Ricks, Rix, Rickson, Rixon, Ritson, Rickards, Ricket, Ricketts. From Dick and Hitchin, two 'nurse-names' of Richard, we also derive Dix, Dicks, Dickson, Dixon, Digons, Dickens, Dickins, Dickinson, Dickerson, Dickison; and Hitchins, Hitchinson, Hitchcock, Hitchcox.