Which do You think is correct??
Name - Jellicoe1) Jellicoe is a variant of Gellicoe, the first element relates to Gelle (Dutch) a short form of Guilielmus (William). or
2) Jellicoe is a variant of Jolifcock. With Jolif meaning joyous and cock meaning boy?Any thoughts welcome??
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There are other explanations - Jelley, a version of Giles, + cock.
I've also seen it explained as a corruption of Jericho but I'm not sure how seriously we should take that one.
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