Dictionary of Family Names

Origin of the Surname COE.

COE. The primitive word co is an elevation, exalted. Koh, in the Coptic, is a rock; koh, Persic, a hill; coey, Gaelic, a hero, literally, a dog. Lower says that Coe is a Norfolk provincialism to designate "an odd old fellow."

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