Hancocks: Last Name Origin and Family Crest

Many Hancocks families will find their roots under Hancock, the form most records use. Its meaning, shared with Hancock, is “Little John”.

The extra ending in Hancocks is patronymic: it identified a person as belonging to Hancock's family. Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written. Related forms: Handcock, Hencock and Hancox.

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Hancocks, so the heraldry linked to Hancock is a starting point, not an automatic right. Get the complete Hancocks report, with a museum-style coat of arms.