Cottrell Family History
Cottrell Name Meaning
English (southern and western England): status name for a cottager from Old French coterel a diminutive of cotier ‘cottager’ (see Cotter ). In southwestern England there may have been some confusion with Cottle the place Frampton Cotterell earlier recorded as Franton' Ade Cotelli having been named after the Cotel family who held the manor from the 12th century.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022