Coz

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Jos in US United States, NL Netherlands, ES Spain and 17 more, Kos in HR Croatia, SI Slovenia, AR Argentina and 1 more, Coş in TR Türkiye and Cos in MX Mexico.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 8 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Coz is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish surname22K records spelled Coz9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Peru, Argentina, Philippines, Guatemala

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Čož, Çõz, Cóz, Cőž, Čōz

• English surname4.7K records spelled Coz12 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Philippines, Peru, United Kingdom

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Cöz, Coez, Çöz, Čož, Çoez

• a separate surname383 records spelled Coz2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Spain, Ecuador

  Also written Čož

• Indonesian surname149 records spelled Coz2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, Philippines, Peru

  Also written Çöz

• Lao surname91 records spelled Coz3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Laos, Philippines, Peru, Thailand

  Languages: Lao, Thai

  Also written Çöz

32 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Coz is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Spanish, kick (of an animal)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In English, Biblical name

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

• ISO 639-3 language code for Chochotec.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Romanian, very (used for beautiful women)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In arn, yellow

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

FR INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) — 11 years between 1891–1991. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Juan de Dios Cozb. 1801PEPeruvian politician
• Óscar Benalcázarb. 1942PEnot in their usual namePeruvian basketball player
• Daniel Cozb. 1964FRFrench politician

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 59 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Coz?

We estimate roughly 7.5 thousand people bear Coz (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.

In which country does Coz have the most bearers?

Coz is most frequently recorded in France, where it is most often spelled coz.

Where is Coz most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Coz is densest in the Netherlands — about 1 in 3.1 thousand people — even though France holds more of our records for it.

How common is Coz compared with other names?

In the Netherlands, Coz is the 784th most common given name of 134,847 given names recorded there.

What does the name Coz mean?

Recorded meaning: cousin (usually as a term of address)