Cottee
English
editEtymology
editFrom Old French cotte (“coat of mail”), a metonymic occupational surname for a maker of chainmail.
Proper noun
editCottee (plural Cottees)
- A surname from Old French.
Statistics
edit- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Cottee is the 8292nd most common surname in England, belonging to 768 individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Cottee”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 374.