Cotton Forename
Approximately 1,100 people bear this name
Cotton Forename Definition:
A Usage name, meaning: Aside from the old provincial and modern colloquial use of this word as a verb, it appears to have no other meaning save as a vegetable fiber and the fabrics manufactured from it. As a name, in this country it will be associated always with Cotton Mather, who, in Puritan times, distinguished himself by his hunting down of witches in New England.
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| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 84% | 777 | 1:466,586 | 12,604 |
| Egypt | 100% | 108 | 1:850,935 | 16,903 |
| India | 100% | 62 | 1:19,594,806 | 466,679 |
| Zimbabwe | 80% | 34 | 1:453,642 | 21,207 |
| Canada | 67% | 17 | 1:1,949,022 | 29,319 |
| Pakistan | 71% | 12 | 1:16,196,473 | 90,643 |
| China | - | 11 | 1:124,186,889 | 65,712 |
| Philippines | 60% | 7 | 1:15,144,211 | 189,875 |
| Zambia | - | 5 | 1:3,170,959 | 26,788 |
| Switzerland | - | 5 | 1:1,642,699 | 15,939 |
| Australia | - | 4 | 1:3,414,406 | 25,298 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 4 | 1:24,390,033 | 19,296 |
| England | - | 4 | 1:13,900,730 | 89,263 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 4 | 1:18,456,901 | 95,891 |
| Bangladesh | - | 4 | 1:39,865,342 | 24,379 |
| South Korea | - | 3 | 1:1,848,140 | 23,578 |
| South Africa | 100% | 3 | 1:18,177,550 | 242,026 |
| Hong Kong | - | 3 | 1:2,584,242 | 11,307 |
| Papua New Guinea | 50% | 2 | 1:4,076,157 | 155,819 |
| Italy | 59% | 2 | 1:30,531,045 | 57,596 |
| Taiwan | - | 2 | 1:11,884,841 | 132,786 |
| France | - | 2 | 1:33,235,170 | 58,100 |
| Uganda | 50% | 2 | 1:20,478,460 | 91,660 |
| Spain | - | 1 | 1:46,529,965 | 35,592 |
| Thailand | - | 1 | 1:70,065,813 | 391,235 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 1 | 1:1,361,419 | 34,512 |
| Singapore | - | 1 | 1:6,287,054 | 39,645 |
| Scotland | - | 1 | 1:5,350,366 | 24,769 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 1 | 1:7,151,993 | 94,323 |
| Jamaica | - | 1 | 1:2,883,227 | 22,340 |
| Peru | - | 1 | 1:31,791,454 | 110,866 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 1 | 1:177,564,360 | 489,087 |
| New Zealand | - | 1 | 1:4,536,044 | 17,392 |
| Malaysia | 100% | 1 | 1:30,449,940 | 373,101 |
| Kenya | - | 1 | 1:46,307,110 | 74,921 |
| Israel | 100% | 1 | 1:8,402,918 | 45,019 |
| Greece | - | 1 | 1:10,934,548 | 22,228 |
| Germany | 100% | 1 | 1:96,677,876 | 95,912 |
| Georgia | - | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Denmark | - | 1 | 1:5,649,498 | 28,429 |
| Croatia | - | 1 | 1:4,217,076 | 20,943 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 1 | 1:4,767,948 | 27,206 |
| Cameroon | - | 1 | 1:21,610,503 | 119,836 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Brazil | - | 1 | 1:214,236,154 | 864,335 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
Cotton (69,003) may also be a surname.
Cotton Forename Meaning
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A Usage name, meaning: Aside from the old provincial and modern colloquial use of this word as a verb, it appears to have no other meaning save as a vegetable fiber and the fabrics manufactured from it. As a name, in this country it will be associated always with Cotton Mather, who, in Puritan times, distinguished himself by his hunting down of witches in New England.
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