Cockayne Family History
Cockayne Name Meaning
English (Midlands and Yorkshire): nickname for a dreamer from Middle English cokayne ‘cloud-cuckooland’ the name of an imaginary paradise (Old French (pays de) cocaigne from Middle Low German kōkenje a diminutive of kōke ‘cake’ since in this land the houses were thought to be made of cake). It may also be a variant of Cocking or from the unflattering Middle English nickname cokin (Old French coquin) ‘disreputable person’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022