Meanings
Origin
- IrishMac Coscraigh“son of Coscrach”
- EnglishMcCoskrie
Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic and Irish Mac Coscraigh (“son of Coscrach”), a byname from coscrach (“victorious, triumphant”). Compare Cosgrove.
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McCoskrie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/McCoskrie
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “McCoskrie,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/McCoskrie.
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