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Cotter is a surname that originates in England and Ireland. It can also be an Anglicization, chiefly in North America, of a similar sounding German surname. ==Origin of the name== The surname Cotter has several different origins. The English surname is a status name. This name is made up of the Old English elements 'cot' "cottage", "hut" and the suffix ''er''. In the feudal system a cotter held a cottage by service (rather than by rent). Reaney gives the surname deriving from the Old French ''cotier'' "cottager" (see: villein). Early bearers of the English surname are Robert le Robert ''le Cotier'' in 1198; and William ''le Coter''(''e'') in 1270 and 1297. The Irish name is a reduced anglicised form of the Gaelic ''Mac Oitir''. The personal name ''Oitir'' is the Gaelic form of the Old Norse ''Óttarr''. The Old Norse name is made up of the elements ''ótti'' "fear", "dread" and ''herr'' "army". An early Irish record of the name occurs in 1142, when ''Mac Mic Ottir .i. Ottir'' ("the son of Mac Ottir, i.e. Ottir") from the Hebrides, is recorded to have assumed the Kingship of Dublin.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=''Annals of Ulster'' M1142.13 (English translation) ) See also: (【引用サイトリンク】title=''Annals of Ulster'' M1142.13 )〕 For the origins of the noble Irish family claiming descent from this king see: ''Cotter family''. Although unprovable, it is possible that both he and they are descendants of the famous Ohthere of Hålogaland, a great Norwegian adventurer who appears to have gone to Ireland. He is possibly the Ottir Iarla or Earl Ottir mentioned in the ''Cogad Gáedel re Gallaib'', or at least related to him. The surname can in some cases, mostly in the USA and Canada, be an Americanization of the German surname ''Kotter''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Cotter Name Meaning and History )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cotter (surname)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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