indicate the level to which a name has been verified.
Type Surname (from location)
Usage English
Other Forms FormsWalcutt, Walcot, Walcoke, Wallcott, Wallcot
Meaning & History
habitational name from any of several places called Walcott Walcot or Walcote for example in Lincolnshire Leicestershire Norfolk Oxfordshire and Wiltshire all named in Old English wealh "foreigner Briton serf" (genitive plural wala) and cot "cottage hut shelter" (plural cotu) meaning "the cottage where the (Welsh-speaking) Britons lived".