Frequency: (558)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
French: from a diminutive of Cosse 2.
GIVEN NAMES: French 11%. Yves (3), Irby (2), Pierre (2), Florent, Gaston, Gillis, Jean-Yves, Ludger, Marcel, Marie Paule, Micheline, Normand.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
