Family name origins & meanings
- Irish (pronounced ‘ko-hi’) : Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Eochadha or Mac Eachaidh ‘son of Eachaidh’, a byname meaning ‘horseman’ (a derivative of each ‘horse’).
- Irish (pronounced ‘ko-hi’) : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Maolchathaigh (see Mulcahy).