|
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 Irish surnames which were anglicised into Cox.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=GulliverIreland.com )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Cox Name Meaning & Cox Family History at Ancestry.com )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=GulliverIreland.com )〕 An early record of the surname dates from 1556 with the marriage of Alicea Cox at St. Martin in the Fields, Westminster, London.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Surname Database: Cox Last Name Origin )〕 Cox is the 69th-most common surname in the United Kingdom.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Cox Meaning and Distribution ) Retrieved 25 January 2014〕 ==Origin== One possibility of the origin is that it is a version of the Old English ''cocc'' which means "the little", and was sometimes put after the name of a leader or chieftain as a term of endearment. Surnames such as Wilcox, Willcocks and Willcox are examples of this practice: all are composed of the name ''William'' and the archaic word ''cocc'', coming together to mean "little William". The suggestion is that only the element -''cox'' may have endured as a surname for some families. Another opinion is that the name is derived from the Old English ''cock'', which means a "heap" or "mound", and was a topographic name for a man living near any heap, hill or other bundle. Names like Haycock or Haycox come from such practice, meaning from "the hay mounds" or "the hay fields". Again, the element -''cox'' may have only been carried on in some families. The third possibility is that it comes from the Welsh ''coch'', meaning "red". In this opinion, the word could have either been applied to a man with red hair, calling him in essence "the Red", or else served as a topographic name for someone living near the ruddy-hued hills found in Wales, implying that the man is "from the red hills". In Cornwall, the surnames Cock and Couch (pronounced 'cooch') also derive from Cornish cogh "red, scarlet". As a Cornish surname, Cock can also derive from 'cok', "fishing boat", the Cornish surname "Cocking" being the diminutive form 'cokyn', "small fishing boat". In these cases, the surname is likely to derive from occupation. The English word "cock", meaning "rooster", is derived from the Anglo-Saxon word ''cocc'', and a fourth possibility is that the surname came about as a nickname. The surname Cox is also native to Belgian and Dutch Limburg. This name, like the related Cockx, is a degenerate form of Cocceius, a latinization of ''Kok'' (English: cook).〔(Cox ) at the Meertens Institute database of surnames in the Netherlands〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Familienaam.be - Geografische spreiding van familienamen in België )〕 Noticeably similar surnames include Cock, Cocks, Coxe, Coxen and Coxon. There is no evidence beyond similar spellings and phonetics that these surnames are related. Given that the origins of the Cox surname are uncertain, it is possible that these names developed as spelling variations, or that each of these names has an origin in a separate word and language. 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「Cox (surname)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|