Stott Family History
Stott Name Meaning
English: nickname from Middle English stott ‘bullock steer’ denoting someone who resembled a bullock in build or temperament or perhaps for someone who had charge of bullocks. The term was also occasionally used in Middle English of a horse or heifer (and so as a term of abuse for a woman) and it survived into the 19th century as a dialect word for a clumsy stupid person. The name may have been confused with Stout .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022