English (chiefly West Midlands): habitational name from a place in
Worcestershire named Cooksey, from the genitive case of the Old
English personal name Cucu (perhaps a byname from Old English
cwicu ‘lively’) + Old English eg ‘island’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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