English: probably from a Middle English pet name formed from the
initial A- of a personal name (e.g. Adam) + the
hypocoristic suffix -cok (see, e.g., Adcock).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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