as a Last Name
- 9,274
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Cosby
Meaning & Origins
English: habitational name from a place in Leicestershire named Cosby, from an Old English personal name Cossa + Old Norse býr ‘farm’, ‘settlement’.
| 3,334th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 9,274
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Alabama
- has the most people named Cosby per capita
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