COOK surname origin, meaning
From P.H.Reaney, A Dictionary of British Surnames:
OE coc, 'cook'
A seller of cooked meats
From Rev. Henry Barber, British Family Names:
Anglo-Saxon, cuc, cucca, 'quick, lively'
From www.last-names.net:
One whose occupation it is to prepare victuals for the table.
From www.landing.ancestry.com:
Cook, English:occupational name for a cook, a seller of cooked meats, or a keeper of an eating house, from Old English coc (Latin coquus).There has been some confusion with Cocke.
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