Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗name
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA surname from Old French.
From Old French coi (“shy, coy, timid”), a nickname for a shy person. It could also be a variant of Cowie.
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- Derivation mentioncoifro
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