# Cooney

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #40,186

## Definitions
1. A surname from Irish.
2. A ghost town in Catron County, New Mexico, United States.
3. An unincorporated community in Williams County, Ohio, United States.

## Etymology
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cuana (“descendant of Cuana”), a personal name either derived from cú (“hound”) or cuanna (“elegant, comely”).

## Easily confused with
- **Corey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cooney-vs-corey)
- **corny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cooney-vs-corny)
- **crony** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cooney-vs-crony)
- **coyne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cooney-vs-coyne)
- **covey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cooney-vs-covey)
- **crone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cooney-vs-crone)
- **county** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cooney-vs-county)
- **corner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cooney-vs-corner)
- **Cooper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cooney-vs-cooper)
- **cornea** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cooney-vs-cornea)
- **Cowley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cooney-vs-cowley)
- **Copley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cooney-vs-copley)
- **cornet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cooney-vs-cornet)
- **corned** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cooney-vs-corned)
- **coroner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cooney-vs-coroner)
- **cone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cone-vs-cooney)
- **coon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coon-vs-cooney)
- **clone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clone-vs-cooney)
- **Cones** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cones-vs-cooney)
- **Comey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comey-vs-cooney)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ccooney`, `conoey`, `cooeny`, `cooneyy`, `coonney`, `coonye`, `oconey`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/cooney