Origine of last name
COX : 1: English: variant of <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Cocke">Cocke</a> and <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Cook">Cook</a> with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.2: Irish (Ulster): mistranslation of Mac Con Coille (‘son of Cú Choille’ a personal name meaning ‘hound of the wood’) as if formed with coileach ‘cock rooster’.3: Dutch and Flemish: genitivized patronymic from the personal name Cock a vernacular short form of <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Cornelius">Cornelius</a>.4: Dutch: variant of <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Kok">Kok</a> an occupational name for a cook.5: Amerindian (Mexico and Guatemala): Mayan name from a Castilianized form of a term denoting a species of pheasant-like bird.
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