Coakley
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Caochlaoich (“son of Caochlaoch”), a personal name composed of the elements caoch (“blind”) + laoch (“hero”).
Proper noun edit
Coakley (plural Coakleys)
- A surname from Irish.
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Coakley is the 5666th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 6127 individuals. Coakley is most common among White (75.78%) and Black/African American (19.57%) individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Coakley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 348.