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