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 *Cōf + -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.
   • 2021 December 13, Amir Vera, “Louisville detective who fatally shot Breonna Taylor is appealing his termination from the police department”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     It was discovered in September 2020 that Cosgrove was raising money on the “Christian crowdfunding site” GiveSendGo to fund his retirement.

2. A village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire district, 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.

References

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Cosgrove”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 372.