Cockney
surname · Latin script
Meaning: from ME cokenei ‘an effeminate youth, a weakling’; first attested Edmund Kokeney c1290 ERO
Cockney is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in Canada.
- CACanada
- ZASouth Africa
- GBUnited Kingdom
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)from ME cokenei ‘an effeminate youth, a weakling’; first attested Edmund Kokeney c1290 ERO
Cited for this meaning 1
- A Dictionary of English Surnames
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Recorded in:
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Other recorded senses
(measured from records)Cockney is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, From the East End of London, or London generally.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In English, person from east end of London,
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
In Portuguese, cockney (a native or inhabitant of parts of the East End of London)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Croatian, v. kokni
as a wordHrvatski jezični portal (HJP) dictionary export
In Latvian, Londonas dialekts; nievājoša to Londonas iedz. iesauka, kuri runā šajā dialektā
as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Jesse Cockneyb. 1989CACanadian cross-country skier
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence
(measured from records)1 register or reference work attests this spelling, across 0 countries.
Reference works 1
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Cockney mean, and where does it come from?
- from ME cokenei ‘an effeminate youth, a weakling’; first attested Edmund Kokeney c1290 ERO Recorded by A Dictionary of English Surnames.
- In which country does Cockney have the most bearers?
- Cockney is most frequently recorded in Canada.
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About this data
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Cockney”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.