Dictionary of Family Names

NOTT.   Hnott, Saxon, smooth, round, a nut.  Notted, an old word for shorn, polled.  The name may have come from wearing the hair short and smooth.

"A nott hed had he, with a brown visage."—CHAUCER.

The following, it is said, was penned by the first wife of the Rev. Dr. Nott, on his asking her hand in marriage:

"Why urge, dear sir, a bashful maid,
    To change her single lot,
When well you know, I've often said
    In truth, I love you, Nott.
For all your pain I do, Nott, care,
    And trust me on my life,
Though you had thousands,—I declare,
    I would, Nott, be your wife."