Given name & surname
Kok
“cook”
Kok is a surname with more than one origin. It is used in English, Dutch, and Slovene.
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a Dutch surname, it goes back to a word meaning “cook.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
As a Dutch surname, it goes back to a word meaning “cook”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Kok’s family of names
In English usage, Kok as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with Cook. In English usage, Kok as a surname has a related form in GUO. In English usage, Kok as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with KOCH.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 5
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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