Cook / Cooke

The names Cook and Cooke in Ireland are derived from a number of sources, including the native Gaelic MacDhadhoc Sept who were a branch of the Burkes in Connaught Province. These names were also introduced into Ulster Province by settlers from Scotland, especially during the seventeenth century. There are nine Cook placenames in Ulster including Cookstown and Cooksland.

Origen: Normando. The saga of the name Cooke follows a line reaching back through history to the days of the Anglo-Saxon tribes in Britain. It is a name for someone who worked as a cook, a seller of cooked meats, or a keeper of an eating-house. The surname Cooke is derived from the Old English word "coc," which means "cook." First found in Essex where they were seated from very ancient times.

Variantes: Cooke, Cook, Cocus y otros.