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Cotton

in Alabama

There are 1,074 people with the last name "Cotton" in Alabama.

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Ranking in Alabama

NameRank
Cotton 571
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  1. is 567th most common Clemons
  2. is 568th most common Madison
  3. is 569th most common Orr
  4. is 570th most common Lynch
  5. is 571st most common Cotton
  6. is 572nd most common Mccain
  7. is 573rd most common Blevins
  8. is 574th most common Booth
  9. is 575th most common Chappell

Similar Names and Nicknames

Cottrell, Cotter, Cotten, Cottle, Cottingham, Cotto, Cottrill, Cottone, Cottman, Cotterman

Most Common First Names for Cotton

James, John, Mary, Charles, David, Michael, Walter, Willie, Betty, Carl

Meaning & History

English: habitational name from any of numerous places named from Old English 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).

French: from a diminutive of Old French cot(t)e ‘coat (of mail)’ (see Cott).

FOREBEARS John Cotton (1584–1652) was a noted Puritan preacher, who landed at Boston, MA, from London in 1633 and became leader of the Congregationalists in America.

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