Surname
Cottingham
“belonging to”·“homestead”
Cottingham is a surname from Old English.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Cottingham is built from elements meaning “belonging to” and “homestead”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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83% boys · 17% girls
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