name ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A surname.

Etymology

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic and Northern Irish Mac Coise (“son of Cos”), a byname deriving from cos (“foot, leg”).

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