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CONNOLLY : Anglicized form of Irish Ó Conghalaigh, which means "descendant of Conghalach". Conghalach is a nickname meaning "valiant".

CONNOR : Variant of O'CONNOR.

CONSTABLE : From Latin comes stabuli, the "count or officer of the stable". By the time it had reached France it had become Cunestable, and as such was brought to...

CONSTANTIN : From the given name CONSTANTIN.

CONSTANTINESCU : Means "son of CONSTANTIN".

CONTI : Means "count" (as in the noble title) from Old French conte. It denoted a person who worked for a count or, in rare cases, was a count.

COOK : Derived from Old English coc meaning "cook". It was an occupational name for a cook, a man who sold cooked meats, or a keeper of an eating house.

COOKE : Variant of COOK.

COOKSON : Patronymic form of COOK.

COOLEN : Variant of KOOL.

COOMBS : Variant of COMBS.

COONEY : From Irish Ó Cuana meaning "descendant of Cuana". Cuana probably means "handsome, elegant". The Cooney sept originated in County Tyrone.

COOPER : Means "barrel maker", from Middle English couper.

CORCORAN : From Irish Ó Corcráin meaning "descendant of Corcrán", a given name derived from the Gaelic word corcair "purple".

COREY : Derived from the Old Norse given name Kóri, of unknown meaning.

CORNA : Derived mostly from names of places typical of northern Italy, especially Lombardy. Places called Corna come from a pre-Latin word of the Lombard dial...

CORNELL : Derived from the given name CORNELIUS.

CORNETT : Derived from Old French corne meaning "horn". It referred to one who worked as a horn blower.

CORRA : Variant of COIRO.

CORTI : From Italian corte meaning "court", a locative surname.

CORVI : Nickname from the name of the bird corvo, Italian for "crow".

CORY : Variant of COREY.

COSTA : Means "riverbank, slope, coast" in Portuguese, Italan and Catalan, ultimately from Latin meaning "side, edge".

COSTANTINI : From the given name COSTANTINO.

COSTANZO : From the given name COSTANZO.

COSTE : French form of COSTA.

COTTERILL : Derived from the occupation then known as cotter or cotier, which means "cottager", a farming small landowner.

COUCH : Means "red", indicating the original bearer had red hair.

COUGHLAN : Anglicized form of Ó COCHLÁIN.

COUGHLIN : Anglicized form of Ó COCHLÁIN.



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