Given name & surname
Cosgrove
“the champion”
Cosgrove is used as a given name and a surname. One interpretation is “the champion.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “the champion.”
Where it comes from
Cosgrove comes from Old English, and ultimately from Irish.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Irish Ó Coscraigh (“descendant of Coscrach”).
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Cosgrove’s family of names
Cosgrove has a related form in Cosgrave. Cosgrove has a related form in Cozgrave. Cosgrove has a related form in Cozgrove.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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