Cox (surname)
The surname Cox is of English or Welsh origin, and may have originated independently in several places in Great Britain, with the variations arriving at a standard spelling only later. There are also two native Scottish & Irish surnames which were anglicised into Cox.
The hills found in Carmarthenshire, Wales, where Cox may have been a topographic name for a man "from the red hills". | |
| Pronunciation | /ˈkɒks/ KOKS |
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| Language(s) | Old English or Welsh |
| Origin | |
| Meaning | Possibly derived from cock or coch, and means "from the hills", or from cocc, which means "the little", or derived from coch, meaning "the Red". |
| Region of origin | England or Wales |
An early record of the surname dates from 1556 with the marriage of Alicea Cox at St. Martin in the Fields, Westminster, London. Cox is the 69th-most common surname in the United Kingdom.
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