Last name origins & meanings:
- Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Cobhthaigh
‘descendant of Cobhthach’, a byname meaning ‘victorious’.
- Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Cathbhadha ‘descendant of
Cathbhadh’ (‘battle tent’), Ó Cathbhuadhaigh
‘descendant of Cathbhuadhach’ (‘battle victorious’), or Ó
Cathmhogha ‘descendant of Cathmhugh’, a byname meaning
‘battle slave’.
This name appears in the following lists:
Poets
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