Cocksedge
English
editEtymology
editProbably a habitational surname from a lost place, from the Old English personal name Cocca + -s- + eċġ (“edge; hillside”).
Proper noun
editCocksedge (plural Cocksedges)
- A surname from Old English.
Statistics
edit- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Cocksedge is the 7187th most common surname in England, belonging to 916 individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Cocksedge”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 350.