A Fletcher Crest and Arms

A generic armorial bearing for a Fletcher family could look like this:

This Fletcher crest and armour above is copyright of Heritage Studio 81 and is used with their approval.

Arms- a black shield with a silvery- white cross. An arrow in each of the four segments pointing upwards.

Crest- a black arrow, sometimes barbed, pointing upwards.

The name has generally been accepted to mean a maker and seller of arrows. Initially, however, the name is from the old French word 'flecher' (or feathers). A flechier was one who shaped and fitted the flights to the shafts, which in turn had been made by the arrowsmith. Gradually the two separate trades merged and became one and the same.

Fletcher is an occupational surname (like Smith or Carpenter) referring to someone who made arrows. The name, like Smith or Carpenter, was undoubtedly adopted by any number of genealogically unrelated families of arrowmakers in different locations, so merely bearing the same name does not indicate common ancestry unless, in any given case, there is genealogical evidence to establish an actual connection. Similarly, there is no one " coat of arms for the Fletcher name" since arms don't belong to a whole surname; only to individuals and their families (descendants).

 This is a coat of arms I made for our branch of the Fletchers. 'Sui Generis' is Latin for 'of its own kind', 'unique', 'a class alone'.