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Hillcock Surname Meaning

Variant of Elcock with prosthetic H-. Compare Thomas Elcock 1583 in IGI (Nantwich Cheshire) with Elizabetha Hilcocke 1622, Alexander Ellcock 1663, Anna Hillcock 1694 in IGI (Acton by Nantwich Cheshire).

Perhaps alternatively from an unrecorded pet form of the Middle English personal name Hilary (see Hillary) + the hypocoristic suffix -cok.

Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016


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