Names That Mean Cottage

  1. Beckett
    • Origin:

      English and Irish
    • Meaning:

      "bee hive, little brook or bee cottage"
    • Description:

      Beckett is one of the big baby name hits of the decade.
  2. Prescott
    • Origin:

      English
    • Meaning:

      "priest's cottage"
    • Description:

      Prescott is one of several distinguished, upper-crusty surnames beginning with P.
  3. Alcott
    • Origin:

      English
    • Meaning:

      "dweller at the old cottage"
    • Description:

      Alcott evokes shades of nineteenth-century New England, and memories of the author of the books Little Women and Little Men. Louisa May Alcott was the daughter of Amos Bronson Alcott, noted educator, writer and philosopher, and colleague of Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau.
  4. Talcott
    • Origin:

      English
    • Meaning:

      "cottage near the lake"
    • Description:

      Similar in style or sound to Prescott, Maverick and Beckett, this far rarer name feels formal and strong. Notably borne by socialist Talcott Parsons, nicknames Tal or Otto might soften it a little. Alcott is a similar option with a literary ties.
  5. Haines
    • Origin:

      English, German
    • Meaning:

      "enclosure, hedge"
    • Description:

      A preppy surname of hidden German origin that would fit right in with currently trendy s-ending boy names like Brooks and Hayes, Haines ultimately comes from the name Hagen.
  6. Endicott
    • Origin:

      English
    • Meaning:

      "beyond the cottage"
    • Description:

      Upstanding New England patrician name.
  7. Westcott
    • Origin:

      English
    • Meaning:

      "from the western cottage"
    • Description:

      If you find West not substantial enough, this would make a more solid path to it.
  8. Prescott
    • Origin:

      English surname
    • Meaning:

      "priest's cottage"
    • Description:

      Preppy P surname, and a potential way to honor a Scott.
  9. Wolcott
    • Origin:

      English
    • Meaning:

      "cottage near a stream"
    • Description:

      One of many stuffy British W surnames that would subject an American boy to years of teasing before growing into it at age fifty.
  10. Alcott
    • Origin:

      English
    • Meaning:

      "dweller at the old cottage"
    • Description:

      Intriguing alternative that goes beyond Louisa and May, for Little Women fans.

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