Cosgrove
English
Alternative forms
- Cosgrave, Cosgray, Cosgriff, Crossgrove
Etymology
Two main origins:
- English habitational surname from the village in Northamptonshire, which is named with the Old English personal name Cof + -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
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɑzɡɹoʊv/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɒzɡɹəʊv/
Proper noun
Cosgrove (countable and uncountable, plural Cosgroves)
- (countable) A surname.
- A village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in South Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref SP790426).
- An unincorporatedcommunity in Chicot County, Arkansas, United States.
- An unincorporatedcommunity in Johnson County, Iowa, United States.
- A suburb of Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
- 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.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Cosgrove”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 372.