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chicken meaning

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Buttiġieġ Maltese
From Maltese bu t-tiġieġ literally meaning "father of chickens", referring to a poulterer or someone who owned chickens.

Cantagallo Italian
From the name of a town, or possibly a nickname meaning "singing rooster".

Catchpole English
Meant "bailiff, especially (originally) one who could seize domestic animals in lieu of tax or debt" (from Anglo-Norman cachepol, from cacher "to chase" + pol "chicken").

Chetcuti Maltese
Derived from Arabic كتكوت‎‎ (katkūt) meaning "(newborn) chick, young chicken".

Cocco Italian
Possibly from Italian cocco, meaning "darling, favourite" or "hen's egg".

Cochet French
Either from cochet a diminutive of coq "rooster" used as a nickname for a vain conceited or womanizing individual. Or possibly also a habitational name from (Le) Cochet the name of several places in various parts of France.

Cogotti Italian
From Sardinian cogotto "cockerel, rooster".

Cowburn English
The place-name, in turn, comes from the Old English cocc, meaning "rooster," and burna, meaning "a stream." As such, the surname is classed as a local, or habitational name, derived from a place where the original bearer lived or held land.

Farrugia Maltese
Derived from Maltese farruġ meaning "chicken, cockerel", ultimately from Arabic فُرُوج (furūj). It was used as a nickname for someone who fed chickens.

Feuerhahn German
Feuerhahn comes from the Old High German words (fivr) meaning "fire" & (hano) meaning "cock".

Fumagalli Italian
Means "smoke the rooster" in Italian, from fuma "to smoke" and gallo "rooster". Refers to filling a henhouse with smoke to keep the chickens quiet when stealing them, thus making this a name probably given to chicken thieves.

Gailis Latvian
Means "rooster".

Gailītis Latvian
Derived from the word gailis meaning "rooster".

Galishoff Upper German, German (Austrian)
Derived from the ancient Roman name Gallus, meaning "rooster" in Latin. Hoff meaning house combines the growing or tending to poultry on a farm house, hence the name Galishoff which has been modified over the millennia... [more]

Gallatini Italian (Archaic)
Derived from the given name Galla and a suffix, meaning "little rooster".

Gally French
Derived from southern French gal "rooster", this name was used as a nickname for a vain or conceited person.

Gelin French
Most often an alternate form of Ghislain. Could also be the Old French gelin (dim. of Latin gallus), "chicken", which would then refers to a cowardly person or a poultry farmer.

Hahner German
Occupational name for a poultry farmer, from an agent derivative of Middle High German hane "rooster".

Hohn German
Derived from Middle High German hon "chicken". As a surname, it was given to someone who either bred or traded in chickens.... [more]

Horoz Turkish
Means "rooster" in Turkish.

Kana Estonian
Kana is an Estonian surname meaning "hen" and "chicken".

Kikkas Estonian
Kikkas is an Estonian surname, derived from "kikas", meaning "rooster".

Kokoszka Polish
Nickname for a fussy or broody person, from kokoszka "laying hen".

Kokotović Croatian, Serbian
From the Slavic word kokot meaning "rooster, cock".

Kuritsyn Russian
Derived from Russian курица (kuritsa) meaning "chicken".

Podda Italian
From Sardinian podda "flour", or pudda "chicken".

Poland English, German, French (Anglicized), Irish (Anglicized)
English and German name is derived from the Middle High German Polan, which means "Poland". The surname originally signified a person with Polish connections.This French surname originated from an occupational name of a poultry breeder, or from a fearful person; it is derived from the Old French poule, which means "chicken".In other cases, particularly in Ireland, the English Poland is a variant of Polin,which is in turn an Anglicised form of the original Gaelic spelling of Mac Póilín, which translated from Irish means "son of little Paul"... [more]

Puddu Italian
From Sardinian puddu "chicken" (compare Podda).

Tibu Estonian
Tibu is an Estonian surname meaning "chicken".

Weishuhn German
Derived from Middle High German wiz meaning "white" and huon meaning "hen, fowl", hence a metonymic occupational name for a poultry farmer or dealer, or perhaps in some instances a nickname.

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