Name Walcott
Type Surname (from location)
Usage English
Other Forms FormsWalcutt, Walcot, Walcoke, Wallcott, Wallcot
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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".