capon/ˈkeɪpən/EtymologyInherited from Middle English capoun, from Old English capūn, from Old Northern French capon (Old French chapon), from Latin cāpō, cāpōnem (Vulgar Latin *cappō).capon means A surname. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 86 out of 100.capon is pronounced /ˈkeɪpən/.nameA surname.nounA cockerel which has been gelded and fattened for the table.“[…] And then, the Iustice / In faire round belly, with good Capon lin'd,”verbTo castrate; to make a capon of.