The cotta Surname
cotta Name Meaning and History
- Portuguese and Spanish: possibly a nickname from cota ‘breast armor’.
- Italian: from a short form of a personal name formed with the suffix -cotta, as for example Ciccotta, or a nickname from cotta ‘(ecclesiastical) habit’.
- French and: from medieval Latin cotta, Old French cotte, denoting a kind of long-sleeved tunic worn both by men and women, hence possibly an occupational name for someone who made such garments or a nickname for someone who habitually wore one.
- German: habitational name from either of two places named Cotta, near Pirna and near Dresden in Saxony.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| cotta family | ferrelcotta | 4 |
| Cotta from Raminho, Terceira Azores |
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| search for all Cotta's | Dieter Cotta, Germany | 20 |
| Dolly (Dorothy) Julia Cottar | Roberta Ponder | 2 |
| Joe Cotta | Bridget (Cotta) Wyatt | 1 |
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