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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : from a pet form of any of various personal names beginning with Al-, especially Alan and Alexander. The Middle English hypocoristic suffix -cok (see Cocke) was very commonly added to personal names in Middle English; compare for example Hancock and Wilcock.

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