Cosgrove

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Two main origins:

  • English habitational surname from the village in Northamptonshire, which is named with the Old English personal name *Cōf + -s- + grāf (“grove, thicket”); recorded as Covesgrave in 1086 (DB).
  • Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Coscraigh (“descendant of Coscrach”), a byname from coscrach (“victorious, triumphant”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Cosgrove (countable and uncountable, plural Cosgroves)

  1. (countable) A surname.
    • 2021 December 13, Amir Vera, “Louisville detective who fatally shot Breonna Taylor is appealing his termination from the police department”, in CNN‎[1]:
      It was discovered in September 2020 that Cosgrove was raising money on the “Christian crowdfunding site” GiveSendGo to fund his retirement.
  2. A village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England, previously in South Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref SP790426). [1]
  3. An unincorporated community in Chicot County, Arkansas, United States.
  4. An unincorporated community in Johnson County, Iowa, United States.
  5. A suburb of Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
  6. A small town in the City of Greater Shepparton, Victoria, Australia.

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Cosgrove is the 3749th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 9441 individuals. Cosgrove is most common among White (95.35%) individuals.

References

  1. ^ Parish map (Northamptonshire)
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