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Kot

Kot is the surname of a Polish nobility (szlachta) family.[1] The surname derives from the nickname with the literal meaning 'cat'.[2]

The first mention of the Polish name was in the 13th century. Adam Boniecki [pl] describes the surname in his Herbarz polski as belonging to Piława coat of arms. The Kot family uses the Doliwa, Pilawa, Rola, or Kot Morski coat of arms.[1]

In may also be derived from the nickname "Kot" in some other Slavic languages, e.g., Czech and Russian .[3]

Notable people with the surname include:

  • Andrzej Kot (1946–2015), Polish designer
  • Antoni Kot (born 1945), Polish footballer
  • Aleksandra Kot (born 2000), Polish politician serving as a member of the Sejm
  • Ales Kot, Czech-American comic book writer
  • Antoni Kot, Polish footballer
  • Eric Kot (born 1966), Hong Kong singer and actor
  • Greg Kot (born 1957), American music journalist and author
  • Igor Kot (born 1980), Russian footballer
  • Jakub Kot (born 1990), Polish ski jumper
  • Karol Kot (1946–1968), Polish serial killer
  • Maciej Kot (born 1991), Polish ski jumper
  • Myroslava Kot (1933–2014), Ukrainian embroider
  • Natalia Kot (born 1938), Polish artistic gymnast
  • Serhat Kot (born 1997), Turkish footballer
  • Serhiy Kot (1958–2022), Ukrainian historian
  • Stanisław Kot (1885–1975), Polish scientist and politician, member of the Polish Government in Exile
  • Tomasz Kot (born 1977), Polish actor
  • Wincenty Kot (c. 1395 – 1448) Archbishop of Gniezno and Primate of Poland, vice-cancellarius regni Poloniae.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Tadeusz Gajl, Herbarz Polski od średniowiecza do XX wieku, Gdańsk 2007, p. 457.
  2. ^ Kazimierz Rymut, Nazwiska Polaków. Słownik historyczno-etymologiczny, Wydawnictwo Naukowe DWN, Kraków 2001
  3. ^ Kot, Digitales Familiennammenworterbuch Deutschlands (DFD)
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