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)

1. (countable) A surname.
2. A village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in South Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref SP790426).
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 3749^th 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.