Coughlin Family History
Coughlin Name Meaning
Irish (Tipperary and Cork): shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Cochláin (or Ó Cochláin) ‘son (or descendant) of Cochlán’ a byname derived from cochal ‘cloak hood’. The Mac form is found mainly in County Offaly; the Ó form in County Cork.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022