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About the name
- Origin
- Irish
- English version
- Cody
- Variants
- Cuidightheach
- Stronghold region
- All-Ireland
Overview
From the Irish surname Ó Cuidighthigh ('descendant of the helpful one'), increasingly used as a given name in the diaspora.
The story behind Cody
Cody as a first name is a 20th-century innovation, drawing on the Gaelic surname; in the United States it became famous through Buffalo Bill Cody.
Mythology & legend
Non-mythological; from Ó Cuidighthigh meaning 'helper'.
Did you know?
Anglicised form of Ó Cuidighthigh, an old Gaelic surname now widely used as a first name.
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