Given name & surname
Costigan
“son of Oistigín”
Costigan is a surname, probably from Irish.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Costigan probably goes back to Irish Mac Oistigín, meaning “son of Oistigín.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
Probably from Irish Mac Oistigín (“son of Oistigín”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Costigan’s family of names
The ring: across languages.
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Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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