Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.
PILCHER
There are approximately 2,588 people named Pilcher in the UK. That makes it the 3,675th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 41 are named Pilcher.
Region of origin
British Isles
Country of origin
England
Language of origin
English
Religion of origin
Christian
Classification
English
Occupational Name
Related and similar surnames
PilchardPalcher
Pelcher
Pilch
Pilchere
Pilchier
Pillcher
Pilchers
Pilcheer
Pilchar
Pilchor
Pilcherm
Pilcherd
Pilchert
Pilczer
Pilicher
Pilecher
Pillicher
Pilchart
Pielcher
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Pilchau
Pilsher
Pilche
The Pilcher surname in historical dictionaries
An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857)
A maker of pilches, a kind of great coat or upper garment, in use in the fourteenth century. "After gret heat cometh cold, No man cast his pylch away."--Chaucer.
Patronymica Britannica (1860)
PILCHER. A pylch was a medieval garment, made of fur (pcllis). The word is Chaucerian, and it also occurs in Caxton's Reynard the Fox. Reynard, having turned hermit, is represented as wearing "':\. pylclie and an heren sherte (a hair shirt) thereunder." Cap. V. A Pilcher was a maker of the article. Pilcher, Pilchere, Le Pilecher. II.R.
Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.