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Coad

Updated: June 9, 2019
Updated: June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English (Devon) : from Middle English cōde ‘cobbler’s wax’, probably applied as an occupational nickname for a cobbler’s assistant. Alternatively, it may be a topographic name from Old Cornish cuit ‘wood’.

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