Willcock Name Meaning
See Wilcock .
Wilcock Name Meaning
English (Lancashire and Yorkshire): from the Middle English personal name Wilcoc a pet form of William (composed of the elements Will 1 + the hypocoristic suffix -cok; see Cocke ).
Cocke Name Meaning
English:: nickname from Middle English cok (Old English and Old French coc) ‘rooster’. patronymic from the Old French and Middle English personal name Cok of uncertain origin but perhaps derived from the word in 1 above. occupational name from Middle English cok ‘cook’ a variant of Cook . in addition the name may occasionally also have been topographic or habitational referring to a house or inn distinguished by a sign depicting a rooster (see 1 above). Surnames derived from house and inn signs are rare in English.
Source:
The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Willock, Wilcock, Hillock, Willcox, Willick, Billock, Wallock
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts