Cobaugh Family History
Cobaugh Name Meaning
Probably an Americanized form of South German Kuhbach or Kuhbauch or possibly North German Kobarg. The first being a placename in Bavaria and Austria indicates a habitational name; the second may be a mutated form of Kuhbach ‘cow creek’ to ‘cow belly (Bauch)’ a peasant nickname. The third is a variant of a habitational or topographic name Kuhberg meaning ‘cow hill’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press