Cockett Family History
Cockett Name Meaning
English:: in Lancashire and Yorkshire: habitational name from Cocket in Rathmell (near Giggleswick Yorkshire). in southeastern England: variant of Cackett a habitational name from Cacket's Farm in Chelsfield (Kent) which was earlier recorded as Caldecote. possibly also from a pet form of the Middle English personal name Cok + the diminutive suffix -et. Compare Cocklin . Alternatively a nickname or occupational name for someone who carried a seal such as a customs officer from Middle English coket Old French coquette ‘seal’. nickname for someone who liked eating bread made of fine flour or one who baked and sold it from Middle English coket so named (it is doubtfully supposed) because the bread was stamped with an authenticating seal.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022