Cock (surname)
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The surname
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...

 Cock is derived from the Dutch
Dutch language
Dutch is a West Germanic language and the native language of the majority of the population of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname, the three member states of the Dutch Language Union. Most speakers live in the European Union, where it is a first language for about 23 million and a second...

 and Flemish surname de Cock, alternately found as de Cook or de Kok and can be Anglicanised as Cook, and comes from the occupation of a cook
Cook (servant)
A cook is a household staff member responsible for food preparation. The term can refer to the head of kitchen staff in a great house or to the cook-housekeeper, a far less prestigious position involving more physical labour....

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The name Cock is also a variant spelling of Cox
Cox (surname)
The surname Cox is of English or Welsh origin, and may have originated independently in several locations in Great Britain, with the variations arriving at a standard spelling only later. An early record of the surname dates from 1556 with the marriage of Alicea Cox at St. Martin in the Fields,...

, which is of Old English or Welsh
Welsh language
Welsh is a member of the Brythonic branch of the Celtic languages spoken natively in Wales, by some along the Welsh border in England, and in Y Wladfa...

 origin, and developed independently of the Dutch and Flemish name.

Notable Persons

  • Adam Gates (aka Bob C. Cock), composer, musician, Primus
    Primus (band)
    Primus is an American rock band based in San Francisco, California, currently composed of bassist/vocalist Les Claypool, guitarist Larry "Ler" LaLonde and drummer Jay Lane. Primus originally formed in 1984 with Claypool and guitarist Todd Huth, later joined by Lane, though the latter two departed...

     roadie and producer
  • Christina Cock (supercentenarian)
  • Christopher Cock
    Christopher Cock
    Christopher Cock was a London instrument maker of the 17th century, who supplied microscopes to Robert Hooke. These microscopes were compound lens instruments, which, unfortunately, suffered greatly from spherical aberration.-Bibliography:...

    , auctioneer of the eighteenth century
  • Edward Cock
    Edward Cock
    Edward Cock , British surgeon, was a nephew of Sir Astley Cooper, and through him became at an early age a member of the staff of the Borough Hospital in London, where he worked in the dissecting room for thirteen years. Afterwards he became in 1838 assistant surgeon at Guy's Hospital, where from...

    , British surgeon
  • Gerald Cock
    Gerald Cock
    Gerald Cock was a British broadcasting executive, who initially worked for BBC Radio, before being made the Corporation’s very first Director of Television, in effect the very first Controller of the television channel initially known as the BBC Television Service but later renamed BBC1.After...

    , first director of BBC
    BBC
    The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...

     television
  • Hieronymus Cock
    Hieronymus Cock
    Jérôme or Hieronymus Cock, or Wellens de Cock was a Flemish painter and etcher of the Northern Renaissance, as well as a publisher and distributor of prints.-Biography:...

     (also Kock), Flemish Renaissance painter and engraver
  • Jack Cock
    Jack Cock
    John Gilbert "Jack" Cock DCM MM was an English footballer who played for various English club sides as a striker. He also had the distinction of being the first Cornishman to play for the England national team, a decorated World War I soldier, and an actor...

     (John Gilbert Cock), English footballer
  • Martin Cock, stage name of American Head Charge
    American Head Charge
    American Head Charge is an industrial metal band from Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, earning nominations at the Kerrang! Awards on two occasions.-Formation:...

     singer Cameron Heacock

See also

  • Cocks
    Cocks (surname)
    Cocks is a surname, and may refer to:*Arthur Cocks, Australian cricket umpire*Charles Cocks, British 19th century wine enthusiast, author of Cocks & Féret*Clifford Cocks, British cryptographer*Jay Cocks, film writer...

  • Cox
    Cox (surname)
    The surname Cox is of English or Welsh origin, and may have originated independently in several locations in Great Britain, with the variations arriving at a standard spelling only later. An early record of the surname dates from 1556 with the marriage of Alicea Cox at St. Martin in the Fields,...

  • Coxe
    Coxe
    Coxe is a surname, and may refer to:*Alfred Conkling Coxe, Sr., American federal judge*Alfred Conkling Coxe, Jr., American federal judge*Arthur Cleveland Coxe, American bishop, son of Samuel Hanson Cox*Daniel Coxe, English governor of West Jersey...

  • Coxen
  • Coxon
    Coxon
    Coxon is a surname, and may refer to:*Alec Coxon, English cricketer*Graham Coxon, English musician*John Coxon * John Coxon, member of English band Spring Heel Jack-See also:* Cock* Cocks* Cox* Coxe* Coxen...

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