Given name & surname
Cooke
“one who prepares meals for others”
Cooke is a variant of Cook. One English interpretation is “one who prepares meals for others.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Cooke is a variant of Cook. One English interpretation is “one who prepares meals for others.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Cooke is a variant of Cook. An origin associated with Cook is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2019. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Cooke through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2019
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2019. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 31,451 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Cooke’s family of names
Cooke has a related form in Cook. In Greek usage, Cooke is a transliteration of Κουκ.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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