Family name origins & meanings
- Czech, Slovak, and eastern German (Sorbian) : from the old personal name Kochan ‘beloved’ (i.e.. by God), a calque on Latin Amatus ‘beloved’, i.e. by God. Compare Amato.
- Polish : nickname for an attractive man, from kochan, kochanek, a term of endearment meaning ‘darling’, ‘beloved’, from kochać ‘to love’.
- Americanized spelling of Slovenian Kočan (see Kocan 2).