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in reply to a message by mike3
The forename Maxim suggests a Russian origin.
There is a Russian word in the dictionary, сыч, which I think would be pronounced Syitch. It's meaning is given as "horned owl" in one dictionary, as "little owl" in another. Perhaps a surname from a nickname, if it is a surname?
On the other hand Reaney's "Dictionary of English Surnames" lists Sitch as a surname with the meaning you give, a word for a stream.
There is a Russian word in the dictionary, сыч, which I think would be pronounced Syitch. It's meaning is given as "horned owl" in one dictionary, as "little owl" in another. Perhaps a surname from a nickname, if it is a surname?
On the other hand Reaney's "Dictionary of English Surnames" lists Sitch as a surname with the meaning you give, a word for a stream.
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