Surname
Cocking
“(settlement) belonging to”
Cocking is a surname from Old English.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Cocking goes back to a word meaning “(settlement) belonging to.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Cocking’s family of names
In English usage, Cocking as a surname has a related form in Cockin.
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Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Similar names
If you love Cocking, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Colclough
“ravine”
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Docking
“dock, a weedy plant”
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Cooksey
“island”
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Cocksedge
“edge; hillside”
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Cockfield
“field”
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Corbridge
“a nearby city”
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Cockcroft
“cock, rooster”
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Cottingham
“belonging to” · “homestead”
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