Updated June 9, 2019

Find Baby Names

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : unexplained. The name has all but died out in Britain, but thrives in North America. Possible origins that have been proposed include:
  • Norman habitational name from Taillecourt in France.
  • topographic name from Middle English tile ‘tile’ + cot ‘cottage’.
  • John Talcott was one of the founders of Hartford, CT, (coming from Cambridge, MA, with Thomas Hooker) in 1635.