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Help[Facts] Origin of Cozens
What is the origin of the name Cozens? I heard it's Russian but I'm not sure.
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The name that you're referring to is actually a surname (though I've seen several people with Cozens as their first name on FamilySearch).
From what I can gather, it's not really a Russian surname, even though I found one Russian on LinkedIn with that surname. According to Ancestry and the Internet Surname Database, Cozens is a patronymic of Cousin and it is of 'early medieval English and French origin.'
The etymology of Cousin (surname) and the word can be found here:
http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Cousin
http://etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=cousin&searchmode=none
Hope this helps :)
From what I can gather, it's not really a Russian surname, even though I found one Russian on LinkedIn with that surname. According to Ancestry and the Internet Surname Database, Cozens is a patronymic of Cousin and it is of 'early medieval English and French origin.'
The etymology of Cousin (surname) and the word can be found here:
http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Cousin
http://etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=cousin&searchmode=none
Hope this helps :)
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