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Updated June 9, 2019

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).

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