The coughlin Surname
coughlin Name Meaning and History
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Cochláin (or Ó
Cochláin) ‘son (or descendant) of Cochlán’, a byname
derived from cochal ‘cloak’, ‘hood’. The Mac form is
found chiefly in County Offaly; the Ó form in County Cork.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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