Woodcock

The surname Woodcock was first found in Norfolk where William Wdecoch was listed in the Pipe Rolls of 1175. There are two theories as the the origin of the name. The first is that it was derived from the Anglo/Saxon name Wudu-coc and the more common second theory that the name was derived as a nickname from the bird 'woodcock' and "at one time a common term for a simpleton in many early plays. "