A plant fiber used to make fabric
Derived from the English word for the soft, white vegetable fiber. It originated as an occupational surname for someone who worked in the cotton trade or lived near a cotton mill, and occasionally as a habitational name from various English locations named Cotes.
About 9 boys were named Cotton in 2025.
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
Influential New England Puritan minister and author
The father of protagonist Hank Hill · King of the Hill
Color commentator for the Dodgeball tournament · Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
Character wrongly accused of murder · Scream franchise
NASCAR driver and team owner
