Meaning of Last Name

Meaning: Possibly derived from cock or coch, and means "from the hills", or from cocc, which means "the little," or derived from coch, meaning "the Red."

Origins: England or Wales

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, Westminster, London. Cox is the 69th-most common surname in the United Kingdom.