As described in historical dictionaries

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

SKITT. " Some time since, a man named James Kit (i.e., Christopher), took a house near mine. He was always called James Kitt— his house got the name of " Shift's "—and the family are now all written Skitt." From a Lancashire correspondent.

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


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