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Cottier is a surname. It is of English origin, however can also be an Americanized form of a French and Swiss surname.
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Origin of the surname
The surname Cottier is of English origin and a variant of the surname Cotter.[1] This English surname is a status name, for a cotter. This name is made up of the Old English elements cot "cottage", "hut" and the suffix er. In the feudal system a cotter held a cottage by service (rather than by rent).[2] Similarly, Reaney gives the surname deriving from the Old French cotier "cottager" (see: villein). Early bearers of the English surname are Robert le Robert le Cotier in 1198; and William le Coter(e) in 1270 and 1297.[3]
The surname Cottier, in some cases, is an Americanized form of the French Gauthier.[1] The French surname Gauthier (also found in Switzerland) is derived from a Germanic personal name made up of the elements wald "rule" and hari, heri "army".[4]
Variations
The surname can be rendered into the Irish language as Mac Coitir and Mac Oitir.
Use of the name
- Surname
- Chuck Cottier, (born 1936), an American former baseball player.
- Georges Cottier, (born 1922), a Swiss Cardinal.
- Other
- Allen Jack+Cottier, an architectural firm based in Sydney, Australia.
References
- ^ a b "Cottier Name Meaning and History". Ancestry.com. http://www.ancestry.com/facts/Cottier-family-history.ashx. Retrieved 12 April 2008.
- ^ "Cotter Name Meaning and History". Ancestry.com. http://www.ancestry.com/facts/Cotter-family-history.ashx. Retrieved 12 April 2008.
- ^ Reaney, Percy Hilde; Wilson, Richard Middlewood (2006) (PDF). A Dictionary of English Surnames (3rd ed.). London: Routledge. p. 758. ISBN 0-203-99355-1.
- ^ "Gauthier Name Meaning and History". Ancestry.com. http://www.ancestry.com/facts/Gauthier-family-history.ashx. Retrieved 12 April 2008.
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