Kot is the surname of a Polish szlachta (nobility) family.[1]
The surname derives from the nickname with the literal meaning "cat".[2]
The first mention of the name was in the 13th century. Adam Boniecki 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]
Notable persons with Kot surname
edit- 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.
References
edit- ^ a b Tadeusz Gajl, Herbarz Polski od średniowiecza do XX wieku, Gdańsk 2007, p. 457.
- ^ Kazimierz Rymut, Nazwiska Polaków. Słownik historyczno-etymologiczny, Wydawnictwo Naukowe DWN, Kraków 2001
See also
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