English Explanatory Dictionary

Cochrane

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A Scottish habitational surname.
  2. A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic [in turn originating as a patronymic].
  3. A surname from Irish [in turn originating as a patronymic].
  4. A placename:
  5. A town in Rocky View County, Calgary metropolitan region, Alberta, Canada.
  6. A town in the Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada.
  7. A town and river in Chile.
  8. A village in Buffalo County, Wisconsin, United States.

Pronunciation

/ˈkɒxɹən/ /ˈkɒkɹən/

Word forms

Cochrane Cochran Cockrum Cocrane Cocran Cochren Cockram Cockran Cockren Colqueran Cothran Coughran Cofran Cohran Corcoran Corcorran O'Corcoran MacCorcoran

Etymology

The surname has multiple origins: # From the placename "Lowlands of Cochrane", in Paisley, Renfrewshire. # An anglicization of Scottish Gaelic Maceachrain. # An anglicization of Irish Ó Corcráin (“descendant of Corcrán”).

Derived words

Cochrane District
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