Name «Kohut»

Kohut is a Ukrainian colloquial name, reflected in traditional Carpathian surnames such as Kohut, Kohutik, Kohutych, and Kohutovych. This name also has related surnames in other regions of Ukraine and neighboring Slavic countries, and it means "rooster." The earliest written record of this surname dates back to 1649. One of the early bearers of the name was a Cossack from the Chyhyryn regiment named Lutsk Kugut.