English: from a diminutive of Middle English cok in the
sense ‘rooster’ (see Cocke). This name has also absorbed some
cases of the French cognates Coquerille and
Coqueral.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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