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Surname Etymology and Meaning of COCKLIN

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Name meanings and etymologies are often disputed. The information here is compiled from freely available sources, and no claims whatsoever are made for accuracy, either historical or etymological.

1. English: from a diminutive of Middle English cok ‘cock’ (see Cocke).
2. Perhaps also an Americanized spelling of Swiss and South German Köchlin, Koechlin, or Köchling, all diminutives of Koch.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names (2003)