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COOKSEY Family History

This interesting unusual name is of medieval English origin is so called from Cooksey Green in Upton Warren, Worcestershire, which appears as "Cochesei", in the Domesday Book and "Cokeseya" in the Fees of 1212. The derivation is from the Old English pre 7th personal name "Cucu", perhaps a byname from "Cwicu", meaning lively with "eg", island. During the Middle Ages when it was becoming increasingly popular for people to migrate from their birthplace to seek work elsewhere, they would often adopt the placename as a means of identification, thus resulting in a wide dispersal of the name.