Cottage or river bank
A variant of Cody or Cote, likely derived from the English surname referring to a person living in a cottage or near a river bank. It may also function as a phonetic spelling of the Irish surname Mac Óda.
Less common today
Cotey isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #3,642 in 1993.
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
