A maker of arrows, or superintendant of archery. From the French flèche, an arrow.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.

FLETCHER. Fr. fleche, an arrow. A maker of arrows— a common and most uecessary trade in the middle ages. Le Flecher, Le Flecchir, Le Fletcher. U.K. FLEWELLEN. (Lond. Direct.) A corruption of Llewellyn, the AVelsh Ijaptismal and family name. FLEXMAN. See Flaxman. FLIGG. See Flegg. FLINT Our Anglo-Saxon ancestors had a suhordinate deity whom they named Flint, and whose idol was an actual flmtstone of large size. The name of the god vould readily hecome the appellation ot a man, and that would in time become hereditary as a surname. Such it had l.econie, Avithout any prefix, at the date otthe H.R., and even in Domesday we have niSuftok an Alwin Flint. The town of Flmt, m North Wales, may however have a claim to its origin.

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