NUTTING. Ferguson derives this name and Nutt from Knut, or Canute, the Danish personal name ; and adds that the name of Knut was derived from a wen or tumour on his head. It is however Avorthy of remark, that the hazel, A-Sax. hnvt-hcum, gave rise to several names of places, from some of which surnames have been derived, as Nuffield, Nuthall, Nuthurst, Nutley, Nuthampstead. The names Nutter and Nuttman are also probably connected with this tree — signifyiug, ierhaps, dealers in its fruit.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.