Cocksedge

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)

1. A surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Cocksedge is the 7187^th 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.