Meanings
alternative Cochran · alternative Cockrum · alternative Cocrane · alternative Cocran · alternative Cochren · alternative Cockram · alternative Cockran · alternative Cockren · alternative Colqueran · alternative Cothran · alternative Coughran · alternative Cofran · alternative Cohran · alternative Corcoran · alternative Corcorran · alternative O'Corcoran
- A Scottish habitational surname.
- A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic [in turn originating as a patronymic].
- A surname from Irish [in turn originating as a patronymic].
- A placename:
- A town in Rocky View County, Calgary metropolitan region, Alberta, Canada.
- A town in the Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada.
- A village in Buffalo County, Wisconsin, United States.
Origin
- IrishÓ Corcráin“descendant of Corcrán”
- Scottish GaelicMaceachrain
- EnglishCochrane
The surname has multiple origins: # From the placename "Lowlands of Cochrane", in Paisley, Renfrewshire. # An anglicization of Scottish Gaelic Maceachrain. # An anglicization of Irish Ó Corcráin (“descendant of Corcrán”).
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Chinese Mandarin 科克倫 /科克伦
- 科克倫 /科克伦 (Kēkèlún)surname
Irish Ó Corcráin, Ní Chorcráin
- Ó Corcráinsurname
- Ní Chorcráinsurname
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Cite this entry
Cochrane. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cochrane
“Cochrane.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cochrane. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Cochrane,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cochrane.
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