English: habitational name from any of various places called
Eastcott (Wiltshire), Eastcotts (Bedfordshire), Eastcote (Greater
London), or Eastcourt (Wiltshire), all named from Old English
east ‘eastern’ + cot ‘cottage(s)’.
In
some cases the name may be an altered spelling of the French ethnic
name Escot, a cognate of Scott.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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