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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Czech, Slovak, and eastern German (Sorbian) : from the old personal name Kochan ‘beloved’ (i.e.. by God), a calque on Latin Amatus ‘beloved’, i.e. by God. Compare Amato.
  • Polish : nickname for an attractive man, from kochan, kochanek, a term of endearment meaning ‘darling’, ‘beloved’, from kochać ‘to love’.
  • Americanized spelling of Slovenian Kočan (see Kocan 2).

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