# Cosgrove

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈkɑzɡɹoʊv/ · frequency rank #37,400

## Definitions
1. A surname.
2. A village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England, previously in South Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref SP790426).
3. An unincorporated community in Chicot County, Arkansas, United States.
4. An unincorporated community in Johnson County, Iowa, United States.
5. A suburb of Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
6. A small town in the City of Greater Shepparton, Victoria, Australia.

## Etymology
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”).

## Common misspellings (12)
`ccosgrove`, `cogsrove`, `cosggrove`, `cosgorve`, `cosgroev`, `cosgrovve`, `cosgrrove`, `cosgrvoe`, `cosrgove`, `cossgrove`, `csogrove`, `ocsgrove`

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