Calcott

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Callcott

Etymology

From Old English cald (“cold”) + cot (“cottage”), denoting a place provided with a shelter for the wintertime. Compare Calcutt, Caldecote, Caldecott and Caldicot, which share the same etymology.

Proper noun

Calcott (countable and uncountable, plural Calcotts)

1. A hamlet in Canterbury district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR172796).
2. A village in Bicton parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ449139).
3. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Calcott is the 14447^th most common surname in England, belonging to 368 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Calcott”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 270.