English: from the Middle English personal name Hann +
the hypocoristic suffix -cok, which was commonly added to
personal names (see Cocke).Dutch: from Middle Dutch
hanecoc ‘winkle’, ‘periwinkle’ (a type of shellfish), probably
a metonymic occupational name for someone who gathered and sold
shellfish.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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