Kot is the surname of a

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szlachta The ''szlachta'' (; ; ) were the nobility, noble estate of the realm in the Kingdom of Poland, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Depending on the definition, they were either a warrior "caste" or a social ...

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) family. The surname derives from the nickname with the literal meaning "

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".Kazimierz Rymut, Nazwiska Polaków. Słownik historyczno-etymologiczny, Wydawnictwo Naukowe DWN, Kraków 2001 The first mention of the name was in the 13th century. describes the surname in his ''Herbarz polski'' as belonging to

Piława coat of arms Pilawa () is a Polish coat of arms. It was used by many noble families known as ''szlachta'' in Polish in medieval Poland and later under the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, branches of the original medieval Piława Clan (''Pilawici'') family ...

. The Kot family uses the

Doliwa Doliwa is a Polish coat of arms. It was used by several noble families known as ''szlachta'' during the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. The design consists of an azure blue background with a diagonal stripe and three roses. Notable bearers ...

Pilawa Pilawa is a town in Garwolin County, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland, with 4,121 inhabitants (2004), southeast of Warsaw. History Pilawa was administratively located in the Siedlce Voivodeship from 1975 to 1998. In 2016, town limits were slightl ...

, Rola, or Kot Morski

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Tadeusz Gajl Tadeusz Gajl (born 1940 in Vilnius, Lithuania) is a Lithuanian-born Polish artist and graphic designer, notable for his contemporary illustrations on the coats of arms borne by the historical nobility (''szlachta'') of Poland. After graduating fr ...

, ''Herbarz Polski od średniowiecza do XX wieku'', Gdańsk 2007, p. 457.

Notable persons with Kot surname

* Andrzej Kot (1946–2015), Polish designer * Antoni Kot, Polish footballer *

Eric Kot Eric Kot Man-fai is a Hong Kong singer and actor. Kot studied in California. He is the second-youngest of three brothers. He formed a comedic music duo with fellow DJ and comedian Jan Lamb called Softhard in the 1980s. He also runs a fashio ...

(born 1966), Hong Kong singer and actor *

Igor Kot Igor Aleksandrovich Kot (; born 3 June 1980) is a Russian former professional footballer. Club career He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 2004 for FC Kuban Krasnodar FC Kuban () was a Russian professional football club ba ...

(born 1980), Russian footballer *

Jakub Kot Jakub Kot (born 19 January 1990) is a Polish ski jumper, and a member of the Polish youth ski jumping team. Personal life Kot was born in Limanowa, Poland, but raised in Zakopane. His father Rafał was a physiotherapist for the Polish ski jum ...

(born 1990), Polish ski jumper *

Karol Kot Karol Kot (18 December 1946 – 16 May 1968) was a Polish murderer who terrorized the city of Kraków between 1964 and 1966. Due to trial evidence and to the seemingly random choices of victims, which included children and elderly people, Kot was ...

(1946–1968), Polish serial killer *

Maciej Kot Maciej Kot (Polish pronunciation: ; born 9 June 1991) is a Polish Ski jumping, ski jumper. He is a member of the national team and competed at the Winter Olympics in 2014 Winter Olympics, 2014 and 2018 Winter Olympics, 2018. He is a FIS Nordic Wor ...

(born 1991), Polish ski jumper *

Myroslava Kot Myroslava Petrivna Kot (née Buha, 5 October 1933, Warsaw, Poland – 29 December 2014, Drohobych, Ukraine) was a Ukrainian embroiderer. From 1991, she was the head of the Department of Methodology and History of Ukrainian Decorative and Appli ...

(1933–2014), Ukrainian embroider *

Natalia Kot Natalia Kot-Wala (born 29 June 1938) is a Polish former artistic gymnast. She is the 1956 Olympic bronze medalist with the Polish team, 1959 European all-around and vault champion, as well as 2-time European bronze medalist. She also competed at ...

(born 1938), Polish artistic gymnast *

Serhiy Kot Serhiy Ivanovych Kot (; 22 June 1958 – 28 March 2022) was a Ukrainian historian. A senior researcher at the Institute of History of Ukraine of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, he focused on preservation of historical and cultural p ...

(1958–2022), Ukrainian historian *

Stanisław Kot Stanisław Kot (22 October 188526 December 1975) was a Polish historian and politician. A native of the Austrian partition of Poland, early in life he was attracted to the cause of Polish independence. As a professor of the Jagiellonian Unive ...

(1885–1975), Polish scientist and politician, member of the Polish Government in Exile *

Tomasz Kot Tomasz Kot (Polish pronunciation: ; born 21 April 1977) is a Polish film, television, and theatre actor. He has appeared in more than 30 films and 26 plays as well as dozens of television series. He received the Polish Academy Award for Best Act ...

(born 1977), Polish actor *

Wincenty Kot Wincenty II Kot (c. 1395–1448) was a 15th-century Roman Catholic Archbishop of Gniezno, in Poland. Early life He was born around 1395. Before he was elected Archbishop of Gniezno he was a teacher and tutor of the king's sons Wladyslaw and ...

(c. 1395 – 1448) Archbishop of Gniezno and Primate of Poland, vice-cancellarius regni Poloniae.

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