Family name origins & meanings
- English : unexplained. The name has all but died out in Britain, but thrives in North America. Possible origins that have been proposed include:
- Norman habitational name from Taillecourt in France.
- topographic name from Middle English tile ‘tile’ + cot ‘cottage’.
- John Talcott was one of the founders of Hartford, CT, (coming from Cambridge, MA, with Thomas Hooker) in 1635.