Meanings
plural Cosgroves · alternative Cosgrave · alternative Cosgray · alternative Cosgriff · alternative Crossgrove
- countableA surname.
It was discovered in September 2020 that Cosgrove was raising money on the “Christian crowdfunding site” GiveSendGo to fund his retirement.
2021 December 13, Amir Vera, “Louisville detective who fatally shot Breonna Taylor is appealing his termination from the police department”, in CNN, archived from the original on 27 Mar 2022 - countableuncountableA village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England, previously in South Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref SP790426).
- countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Chicot County, Arkansas, United States.
- countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Johnson County, Iowa, United States.
- countableuncountableA suburb of Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
- countableuncountableA small town in the City of Greater Shepparton, Victoria, Australia.
Origin
- IrishÓ Coscraigh“descendant of Coscrach”
- EnglishCosgrove
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”).
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Cosgrove. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cosgrove
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