Kot

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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 [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]

Notable persons with Kot surname[edit]

  • Andrzej Kot (1946–2015), Polish designer
  • Antoni Kot, Polish footballer
  • Eric Kot (born 1966), Hong Kong singer and actor
  • 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
  • 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]

  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