Coigleach as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Coigleach

What is the meaning of the name Coigleach ?

The baby name Coigleach is a name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced KOY-glakh (approx.),/ˈkɔɪɡlax/ (approx. IPA).

Coigleach is Scottish Gaelic in Origin.

Coigleach is a rare Gaelic masculine name rooted in the pan-Gaelic word for 'foreigner' or 'stranger': Scottish Gaelic coigreach and Old/Middle Irish coigríche. The element -each is a productive adjectival ending in Gaelic names and bynames; as a given name it carries the sense of one from another land, an outsider, or a traveler.

Attested chiefly as a medieval byname applied to men of non-local origin, it occasionally solidified into a personal name and has seen sporadic modern use in Scottish and Irish revivalist naming. Documented variants include Coigreach (Scots Gaelic) and Coigríche (Irish); Anglicisation usually leaves the Gaelic spelling unchanged rather than yielding a standard English form. Related historical bynames translate simply as 'the Stranger.' Meaning: foreigner; stranger; one from another territory.

⚙ Nothing for Coigleach shows up in the birth registries or name datasets we track. Names like this are usually very rare, tied to a particular region or tradition, or freshly invented. However you look at it, very few people share it.