Cockcroft Family History
Cockcroft Name Meaning
English (Yorkshire and Lancashire): habitational name from a minor place of this name for example Cockcroft in Rishworth or Cock Croft in Bingley both in Yorkshire. They are named with Old English cocc ‘rooster’ + croft ‘paddock smallholding’. In some cases it may be a topographic name with the same meaning.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022