Fletcher is an Anglo-Norman surname of French, English, Scottish and Irish origin.

[1] The English word was borrowed into the Goidelic languages,[citation needed] leading to the development of the Scottish name "Mac an Fhleisteir" (also spelt "Mac an Fhleisdeir"),[2][3] "the arrowsmith's son".

The progenitor of the family was Jean de la Flèche, a Norman noble from La Flèche, where he later succeeded his father to became its second seigneur (lord) and held its original castle.

They were the parents of Elias I, Count of Maine and great-grandparents of King Henry II.

Jean de la Flèche was granted land in England for services by William the Conqueror and some of his decedents and family settled in Yorkshire, England following the Norman Conquest.