Woodcock Family History
Woodcock Name Meaning
English:: from Middle English wodecok ‘woodcock’ (Old English wuducocc a compound of Old English wudu ‘wood’ + cocc ‘cock bird’) a type of bird that is notoriously easy to catch. Therefore the name might have been either for a person who caught or sold woodcock or a nickname for a gullible person. in some cases because there can be confusion between -cock and -cot in surnames and therefore the name may also be a variant of Woodcott a habitational name from any of various places called with Old English wudu ‘wood’ + cot ‘cottage shelter’ such as Woodcott in Cheshire and Hampshire or Woodcote in Hampshire Surrey Oxfordshire Warwickshire and Shropshire or from any residence at a cottage in or near a wood.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022