WILLCOCK
Willcock is a surname of English origin, derived from the medieval given name Will, a short form of William, combined with the suffix -cock, a common diminutive in medieval England. The name therefore signifies “son of Will” or “son of William”, and is a patronymic surname indicating descent from a male ancestor named Will or William.
The medieval personal name Wil was a pet form of William, which itself comes from the Norman form of the Old Germanic name Wilhelm. The elements of Wilhelm are wil, meaning desire or will, and helm, meaning helmet or protection. This name was introduced into England at the Norman Conquest of 1066. The suffix -cock originates from Old English cocc, the word for a cock, and was often attached to short forms of given names. It was generally applied to a youth, or in some cases to the son of the namebearer.
The compound personal name Wilcok first appears in the Assize Court Rolls of Lancashire in 1246. An early recorded namebearer is John Wilcokes, mentioned in the Court Rolls of the Manor of Wakefield in Yorkshire in 1316. In the early nineteenth century, Joshua, son of Robert and Ann Willcock, was christened on 31 October 1703 at St. Mary's, Whitechapel, Stepney, London.
A coat of arms was granted to a Willcocks family in Worcestershire. The escutcheon depicts a black fess between three black cock's heads erased. The first recorded spelling of the family name is that of William Wylecok, dated 1254 in the “Assize Court Rolls of Somerset” during the reign of King Henry I, known as “The Frenchman”, from 1216 to 1272.
Typical given names associated with the Willcock surname
Male
- Andrew
- Christopher
- David
- Gareth
- James
- John
- Mark
- Matthew
- Peter
- Philip
- Richard
- Robert
- Stuart
Female
- Alison
- Hannah
- Helen
- Janet
- Louise
- Margaret
- Patricia
- Rachel
- Sarah
- Susan
Similar and related surnames
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There are approximately 1,206 people named Willcock in the UK. That makes it roughly the 6,407th most common surname in Britain. Around 19 in a million people in Britain are named Willcock.
Famous people named Willcock
- Eric Willcock - Cricketer
- Kevin Willcock - Cricketer
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