Koten meaning | Last name Koten origin

Koten is the form of Cotton. Cottun, a place in the de partment of Calvados in Normandy; also several parishes in the counties of York, Chester, Stafford, etc. Both forms, viz. De Cottun, and De Cotton, are found in the Hundred Rolls The English Gazetteer gives many places called Cotton. Lord Combermere's family trace unbrokenly to the days of King John, and there is some evidence of their having been seated at Cotton or Coton, county of Salop, prior to the Conquest.

Koten is variation of Cott. A common termination of local surnames, as in Walcott, Caldecott, Norcot, Northcote, Southcote, etc. It appears to be the Anglo-Saxon cóte. Professor Leo observes that, "if selë be the dwelling of the wealthy of landowners, cóte on the other hand indicates the abode of the poorer classe. Cote is the house of an indigent de pendent countryman, who, without any personal estate, holds a transferable tenement in fief. It was originally a house of mud, or of earth, with loam walls." The prefixed word some times indicates the owner's name, and is sometimes descriptive of the situation.

The is variant of Kott. Descendant of Godo, a pet form of names commencing with Gott meaning "God," as Gotahard, Godowin and Godeman; dweller in the little house or cottage.

Variant form of the Cote. Dweller at a cottage, a manor inhabitant who worked only ten acres or less.

Lastname Koten is variant of Cote. Descendant of one who occupied a cottage and tilled ten acres or less.

The Koten is a form of the Cotton. One who came from Coton or Cotton, the name of various places in England; dweller at the cottages.

A variant form of Cote. See Cott - A common termination of local surnames, as in Walcott, Caldecott, Norcot, Northcote, Southcote, etc. It appears to be the Anglo-Saxon cóte. Professor Leo observes that, "if selë be the dwelling of the wealthy of landowners, cóte on the other hand indicates the abode of the poorer classe. Cote is the house of an indigent de pendent countryman, who, without any personal estate, holds a transferable tenement in fief. It was originally a house of mud, or of earth, with loam walls." The prefixed word some times indicates the owner's name, and is sometimes descriptive of the situation.

The family name is a variant form of Coton. See Cotton - Cottun, a place in the de partment of Calvados in Normandy; also several parishes in the counties of York, Chester, Stafford, etc. Both forms, viz. De Cottun, and De Cotton, are found in the Hundred Rolls The English Gazetteer gives many places called Cotton. Lord Combermere's family trace unbrokenly to the days of King John, and there is some evidence of their having been seated at Cotton or Coton, county of Salop, prior to the Conquest.

Koten is variation of Cotton. Historian Shirley, speaking of Cotton of Landwade, Baronet, says: "It appears doubtful whether this family were denominated from Cotton, a manor in Cambridgeshire, or from a place of the name in the parish of Stone, in Kent. There is another Cotton Hall, in Ixning, county of Suffolk, which lays claim to the same distinction."