Eacott

English

Alternative forms

• Eycott

Etymology

Habitational surname from a minor place in Gloucestershire called Eycotfield, from Old English ēa (“river, running stream”) + cot (“cottage”).

Proper noun

Eacott (plural Eacotts)

1. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Eacott is the 14295^th most common surname in England, belonging to 373 individuals.

References

• Survey of English Place-Names

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Eacott”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 507.
• Forebears