Given name & surname · also Turkish

Koc

“ram”

Koc is a surname from Turkish (ultimately Polish). It is used in English and Polish.

Original TurkishKoç

Meaning & origin

What it means

Koc goes back to Turkish Koç, meaning “ram.”

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Where it comes from

Koc comes from Turkish, and ultimately from Polish.

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How it developed

From Turkish Koç, from Polish Koc.

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Koc’s family of names

In Polish usage, Koc as a surname shares a linguistic root with the English form KOTZ. In English usage, Koc as a surname was borrowed from the Turkish form Koç.

Walk Koc’s family in the name graph

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Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.

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Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 2

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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Polish

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Czech

Kosik

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Slavic

Kosak

“beehive”

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Polish

Kotek

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Polish

Kosek

“blackbird”

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Serbo-Croatian

Kuc

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Polish

Skok

“to flee”

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Polish

Koska

Koska is a surname from Czech, ultimately from Polish. It is used in English and Slovak.

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