Coakley

English

Alternative forms

• Cokley

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Caochlaoich (“son of Caochlaoch”), a personal name composed of the elements caoch (“blind”) + laoch (“hero”).

Proper noun

Coakley (plural Coakleys)

1. A surname from Irish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Coakley is the 5666^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 6127 individuals. Coakley is most common among White (75.78%) and Black/African American (19.57%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Coakley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 348.