Cotton Family History
Cotton Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of numerous places called from Old English (æt) cotum (dative plural of cot) ‘at the cottages or huts’ (or sometimes possibly from a Middle English plural coten). Examples include Coton (Cambridgeshire Northamptonshire Staffordshire) Cottam (East Yorkshire Lancashire Nottinghamshire) and Cotham (Nottinghamshire). Particularly common in Staffordshire. French: from a pet form of the personal name Nicolas (see Nicholas ) derived via Nicot or of the personal name Jacques derived via Jacot.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022