# Cooke > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Cooke > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Cooke.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooke > Source revision: 1354221128 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{other uses}} {{Infobox surname|name=Cooke|region=England, Ireland|variant forms=Cook, McCook, MacCook, MacCuagh, MacCooge, Mac Dhabhóc, Mac Uag, Mac Cúg|derivation=Derived from the occupation of cook and anglicisation of various Gaelic names}} '''Cooke''' is a surname{{cite book | last1 = Browne | first1 = W.A.F. | last2 = Reaney | first2 = P.H. | last3 = Wilson | first3 = R.M. | last4 = Scull | first4 = A. | title = A Dictionary of English Surnames | publisher = Routledge | series = Tavistock classics in the history of psychiatry | year = 1991 | isbn = 978-0-415-05737-0 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=5sVq7VQlNwcC&pg=PA732 | access-date = 26 August 2018 | page = 732 }} of [English](/source/English_people) and [Irish](/source/Irish_people) origin derived from the occupation of [cook](/source/Cooking) and [anglicisation](/source/Anglicisation_of_names) of various [Gaelic](/source/Gaelic_Ireland) names. Variants include [Cook](/source/Cook_(surname)) and [McCook](/source/McCook_(surname)). == Irish surname origin == Cooke (rather than Cook) is the usual spelling of the surname in [Ireland](/source/Ireland), where it is found throughout all four [provinces](/source/Provinces_of_Ireland). In [Connacht](/source/Connacht), Cooke is the modern anglicized form of the [Gaelic](/source/Irish_language) name Mac Dhabhóc (also called Mac Uag).{{Cite book |last=MacLysaght |first=Edward |title=The surnames of Ireland |publisher=Irish Acad. Pr |year=1985 |isbn=978-0-7165-2366-6 |edition=6th |location=Dublin |pages=57 |language=}} In [Leinster](/source/Leinster), it is mainly an occupational name, long established there.{{Cite book |last=MacLysaght |first=Edward |title=The surnames of Ireland |publisher=Irish Acad. Pr |year=1985 |isbn=978-0-7165-2366-6 |edition=6th |location=Dublin}} In 1465, a law was passed that impacted Gaelic surnames in several counties in Leinster, specifically, [Dublin](/source/County_Dublin), [Meath](/source/County_Meath), [Louth](/source/County_Louth) and [Kildare](/source/County_Kildare). The law required that "every Irishman, dwelling betwixt or amongst Englishmen... shall take to him an English surname of one town, as Sutton, Chester, Trim, Skryne, Cork, Kinsale; or colour, as white, black, browne; or art or science, as smith or carpenter; or office, as cooke, butler...".{{Cite book |last=D'alton |first=John |title=The History of the County Dublin |publisher=HardPress Limited |year=2019 |isbn=978-0371350768 |pages=33}} In [Ulster](/source/Ulster), many Cookes descend from the MacCooks (MacCuagh) of [Kintyre](/source/Kintyre), a branch of the Clan [MacDonald](/source/Clan_Donald).{{Cite book |last=Bell |first=Robert |title=The Book of Ulster Surnames |publisher=Ulster Historical Foundation |year=2021 |isbn=978-1909556867 |pages=37}} The surname was distributed throughout Ireland in the mid-nineteenth century. The highest numbers of Cooke households were found in counties [Cavan](/source/County_Cavan), [Galway](/source/County_Galway), and [Armagh](/source/County_Armagh), reflecting a strong presence in both [Connacht](/source/Connacht) and [Ulster](/source/Ulster). Other areas, such as counties [Cork](/source/County_Cork) and [Tipperary](/source/County_Tipperary), also had significant numbers of households. Below is the detailed distribution of Cooke households by county:{{Cite web |last=Grenham |first=John |title=Cooke Irish Genealogy |url=https://www.johngrenham.com/findasurname.php?surname=Cooke}} {| class="wikitable" |+ ! colspan="2" |Distribution of Cooke households in Ireland (mid-19th century) |- |'''Cavan''': 61 |'''Offaly''': 18 |- |'''Galway''': 51 |'''Leitrim''': 17 |- |'''Armagh''': 45 |'''Fermanagh''': 15 |- |'''Tyrone''': 43 |'''Down''': 13 |- |'''Tipperary''': 40 |'''Laois''': 12 |- |'''Antrim''': 34 |'''Monaghan''': 11 |- |'''Cork''': 34 |'''Kildare''': 10 |- |'''Derry''': 32 |'''Waterford''': 9 |- |'''Westmeath''': 31 |'''Louth''': 8 |- |'''Kilkenny''': 30 |'''Wicklow: 6''' |- |'''Donegal''': 26 |'''Kerry: 6''' |- |'''Limerick''': 26 |'''Longford''': 6 |- |'''Wexford''': 26 |'''Carlow''': 6 |- |'''Dublin''': 25 |'''Mayo''': 3 |- |'''Sligo''': 24 |'''Roscommon''': 3 |- |'''Meath''': 18 | |} == English surname origin == Cooke is a variant of the more common spelling [Cook](/source/Cook_(surname)). == People with the surname == Notable people with the surname include: * [Alec Cooke](/source/Alec_Cooke%2C_Baron_Cooke_of_Islandreagh) (1920–2007), Northern Irish politician * [Alexander Cooke](/source/Alexander_Cooke) (died 1614), English actor * [Alfred Tyrone Cooke](/source/Alfred_Tyrone_Cooke), of the Indo-Pakistani wars * [Alistair Cooke](/source/Alistair_Cooke) KBE (1908–2004), British-American journalist and broadcaster * [Amos Starr Cooke](/source/Amos_Starr_Cooke) (1810–1871), found of Royal School and Castle & Cooke in Hawaii * [Anna Rice Cooke](/source/Anna_Rice_Cooke) (1853–1934), patron of the arts and founder of the Honolulu Academy of Arts * [Anne Margaret Cooke](/source/Anne_Margaret_Cooke) (1907–1997) also known as Anne Cooke Reid, African-American stage director and academic * [Anthony Cooke](/source/Anthony_Cooke) (1505–1576), British scholar * [Aoife Cooke](/source/Aoife_Cooke) (born 1986), Irish long-distance runner and Olympian * [Baden Cooke](/source/Baden_Cooke) (born 1978), Australian cyclist * [Barrie Cooke](/source/Barrie_Cooke) (1931–2014), Irish painter * [Bates Cooke](/source/Bates_Cooke) (1787–1841), US Representative and NY State Comptroller * [Benjamin Cooke](/source/Benjamin_Cooke) (1734–1793), British musician * [Beryl Cooke](/source/Beryl_Cooke) (1906–2001), British actress * [Callie Cooke](/source/Callie_Cooke) (born 1993), English actress * [Carolyn Jess-Cooke](/source/Carolyn_Jess-Cooke) (born 1978) Northern Irish poet and novelist * [C. R. Cooke](/source/C._R._Cooke) (Conrad Reginald Cooke, 1901–1996), English early Himalayan mountaineer * [Charles Cooke (disambiguation)](/source/Charles_Cooke_(disambiguation)), several people * [Chauncey H. Cooke](/source/Chauncey_H._Cooke) (1846–1919), American soldier in the U.S. Civil War * [Christian Cooke](/source/Christian_Cooke) (born 1986), English actor * [Clarence Hyde Cooke](/source/Clarence_Hyde_Cooke) (1876–1944), businessman in Hawaii * [Dave Cooke](/source/Dave_Cooke), Canadian politician * [Denise D'Ascenzo](/source/Denise_D'Ascenzo) Cooke (1958{{ndash}}2019), American news anchor *[Derek Cooke](/source/Derek_Cooke) (born 1991), basketball player for [Hapoel Gilboa Galil](/source/Hapoel_Gilboa_Galil) of the [Israeli Basketball Premier League](/source/Israeli_Basketball_Premier_League) * [Deryck Cooke](/source/Deryck_Cooke) (1919–1975), British musicologist * [Doc Cook](/source/Doc_Cook) (Charles L. Cooke, 1891–1958), American jazz bandleader * [Douglas Graham Cooke](/source/Douglas_Graham_Cooke) (1895–1955), British World War I flying ace * [Dusty Cooke](/source/Dusty_Cooke) (1907–1987), American [professional baseball player](/source/Major_League_Baseball) * [Eamonn Cooke](/source/Eamonn_Cooke) (1936–2016) Irish broadcaster and convicted paedophile * [Ebenezer Cooke](/source/Ebenezer_Cooke_(politician)) (1832–1907), Australian politician * [Edmund F. Cooke](/source/Edmund_F._Cooke) (1885–1967), US congressman from New York * [Edward Cooke](/source/Edward_Cooke_(disambiguation)), several people * [Emer Cooke](/source/Emer_Cooke) (born 1961) Irish pharmacist and executive director of the [EMA](/source/European_Medicines_Agency) * [Eric Edgar Cooke](/source/Eric_Edgar_Cooke), Australian murderer * [Francis Cooke](/source/Francis_Cooke_(disambiguation)), several people * [Fred Cooke](/source/Fred_Cooke_(comedian)) (born 1980) Irish comedian * [Gary Cooke](/source/Gary_Cooke), Irish actor, satirist and writer * [Geoff Cooke (disambiguation)](/source/Geoff_Cooke_(disambiguation)), several people * [George Cooke (disambiguation)](/source/George_Cooke_(disambiguation)), several people * [Gordon Cooke](/source/Gordon_Cooke), (born 1975) Irish cricketer * [Henry Cooke](/source/Henry_Cooke_(minister)), (1788–1868) Irish Presbyterian minister * [H. Basil S. Cooke](/source/H._Basil_S._Cooke) (1915–2018), Canadian palaeontologist * [Hope Cooke](/source/Hope_Cooke), Queen of Sikkim * [Sir Howard H. Cooke](/source/Howard_Cooke) (1915-2014), Governor General of Jamaica * [Jack Kent Cooke](/source/Jack_Kent_Cooke) (1912–1997), Canadian entrepreneur * [James Cooke-Collis](/source/James_Cooke-Collis) (1876–1941) Irish born British Army General * Sir [James Douglas Cooke](/source/James_Douglas_Cooke) (1879–1949), MP for Hammersmith South * [James J. Cooke](/source/James_J._Cooke), American historian, author, academic and soldier * [James W. Cooke](/source/James_W._Cooke), American naval officer * [Janet Cooke](/source/Janet_Cooke) (born 1954), American journalist, won a Pulitzer Prize for a fabricated story * [Jay Cooke](/source/Jay_Cooke) (1821–1905), American financier, notable for financing Union effort in Civil War and Northern Pacific Railway * [Jennifer Cooke](/source/Jennifer_Cooke), actress * [Jim Cooke](/source/Jim_Cooke), Irish teacher of maths and physics * [John Cooke (disambiguation)](/source/John_Cooke_(disambiguation)), several people * [John J. Cooke (actor)](/source/John_J._Cooke_(actor)) (1874–1921) American Actor of Silent Era * [John William Cooke](/source/John_William_Cooke) (1919–1968), Argentine politician and revolutionary * [Joseph Platt Cooke](/source/Joseph_Platt_Cooke) (1730–1816), in American Revolutionary War * [L. J. Cooke](/source/L._J._Cooke) (Louis Joseph Cooke, 1868–1943), first men's basketball coach at the University of Minnesota * [Lawrence H. Cooke](/source/Lawrence_H._Cooke) (1914–2000), Chief Judge of New York Court of Appeals 1979–1984 * [Logan Cooke](/source/Logan_Cooke) (born 1995), American football player * [Lorrin A. Cooke](/source/Lorrin_A._Cooke) (1831–1902), American politician, governor of Connecticut * [Lloyd Miller Cooke](/source/Lloyd_Miller_Cooke) (1916–2001) American chemist and researcher * [Marcia G. Cooke](/source/Marcia_G._Cooke) (1954–2023), American jurist * [Martin Cooke (disambiguation)](/source/Martin_Cooke_(disambiguation)), several people * [Mary Leggett Cooke](/source/Mary_Leggett_Cooke) (1852–1938), American Unitarian minister and member of the [Iowa Sisterhood](/source/Iowa_Sisterhood) * [Matt Cooke](/source/Matt_Cooke), hockey player * [Matthew Cooke](/source/Matthew_Cooke_(entomologist)) (1829–1887), Irish entomologist * [Mel Cooke](/source/Mel_Cooke) (1934–2013), New Zealand rugby league footballer * [Mick Cooke](/source/Mick_Cooke_(football_manager)) (born 1951), Irish association football manager * [Mildred Cooke](/source/Mildred_Cooke) (1524–1589) - was an English noblewoman and translator. * [Mordecai Cubitt Cooke](/source/Mordecai_Cubitt_Cooke) (1825–1914), British botanist * [Nathaniel Cooke](/source/Nathaniel_Cooke) (19th century), designer of the standard set of chess figures * [Nelson Cooke](/source/Nelson_Cooke) (1919–2018), Australian cellist * [Nicole Cooke](/source/Nicole_Cooke) (born 1983), British cyclist * [Olivia Cooke](/source/Olivia_Cooke) (born 1993), English actress * [Peter Cooke (Scouting)](/source/Peter_Cooke_(Scouting)) * [Philip St. George Cooke](/source/Philip_St._George_Cooke) (1809–1895), 19th century US cavalry officer * [Pinny Cooke](/source/Pinny_Cooke) (1923–2004), New York politician, assemblywoman from Rochester * [Ricky Cooke](/source/Ricky_Cooke) (born 1969), Australian racewalker * [Robin Cooke, Baron Cooke of Thorndon](/source/Robin_Cooke%2C_Baron_Cooke_of_Thorndon), New Zealand judge * [Rose Terry Cooke](/source/Rose_Terry_Cooke) (1827–1892), American author, poet *[Ross Cooke](/source/Saxon_Huxley) (born 1988), English professional wrestler * [Sam Cooke](/source/Sam_Cooke) (1931–1964), American singer/songwriter * Sir [Samuel Cooke](/source/Samuel_Cooke_(judge)) (1912–1978), British judge * [Samuel Nathaniel Cooke](/source/Samuel_Nathaniel_Cooke) (S. N. Cooke) (1883–1964), English architect * [Sarah Cooke](/source/Sarah_Cooke) (died 1688), English actress * [Sasha Cooke](/source/Sasha_Cooke), American mezzo-soprano * [Senan Cooke](/source/Senan_Cooke) (born 1945), Irish [hurler](/source/Hurling) * [Sidney Cooke](/source/Sidney_Cooke) (born 1927), paedophile and child killer * [Steve Cooke (baseball)](/source/Steve_Cooke_(baseball)) (born 1970), baseball player * [Suzette Cooke](/source/Suzette_Cooke) (born 1949), American politician * [Tadhg Cooke](/source/Tadhg_Cooke), Irish musician * [Terence Cooke](/source/Terence_Cooke) (1921–1983), Irish American Cardinal, and Archbishop of New York * [Theodore Cooke](/source/Theodore_Cooke) (1836–1910), Anglo-Irish engineer and botanist active in India * [Thomas Cooke (disambiguation)](/source/Thomas_Cooke_(disambiguation)), several people * [Thomas Simpson Cooke](/source/Thomas_Simpson_Cooke) (1782–1848), Irish composer * [Tommy Cooke](/source/Tommy_Cooke) (1914–2014), Irish [hurler](/source/Hurling) and [Gaelic football](/source/Gaelic_football)er * [Trish Cooke](/source/Trish_Cooke) (born 1962), children's TV presenter, author and playwright {{anchor|W}} * [Ultan Cooke](/source/Ultan_Cooke), Irish chef * [Walter E. Cooke](/source/Walter_E._Cooke) (1910–1982), New York politician * [Walter H. Cooke](/source/Walter_H._Cooke) (1838–1909), American recipient of the Medal of Honor * [Weldon B. Cooke](/source/Weldon_B._Cooke) (1884–1914), American pioneer aviator killed in crash * [Wells Cooke](/source/Wells_Cooke) (1858–1916), American ornithologist * [Wequash Cooke](/source/Wequash_Cooke) (d. 1642), Pequot sagamore * [William Cooke (disambiguation)](/source/William_Cooke_(disambiguation)), several people * [Wilson Cooke](/source/Wilson_Cooke) (1819 –1887), American politician and merchant * [Zia Cooke](/source/Zia_Cooke) (born 2001), American basketball player ==Fictional characters with the surname== *Caitlin Cooke, main character from the Canadian animated television series, ''[6teen](/source/6teen)''. *[Sydney "Syd" Cooke](/source/List_of_Walker%2C_Texas_Ranger_characters), portrayed by [Nia Peeples](/source/Nia_Peeples), a rookie [Texas Ranger](/source/Texas_Ranger_Division) and main character in the American [crime drama](/source/crime_drama) series, ''[Walker, Texas Ranger](/source/Walker%2C_Texas_Ranger)''. == See also == * [Cook (surname)](/source/Cook_(surname)) * [Cookes](/source/Cookes), surname == References == {{Reflist}} {{cook-surname}} {{surname|Cooke}} Category:English-language surnames Category:Occupational surnames Category:English-language occupational surnames --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Cooke](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooke) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooke?action=history)). 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