Coggins

Coggins or Coggin is a surname of Celtic origin specifically Wales. The Coggins family lived in the parish of Cogan, which is in the diocese of Llandaff in the county of Glamorgan. The name literally means "a cup or bowl" and probably meant "dweller in a bowl-shaped valley."

Notable people with the surname include:

• Billy Coggins (1901–1958), English football player
• Cecil H. Coggins (1922–2019), American physician
• Dave Coggin, former pitcher in Major League baseball
• Herbert L. Coggins (1881–1974), American editor and author
• Jacob Coggins (born 1978), American soccer player
• Jack Coggins (1911–2006), artist, author and illustrator
• Jyles Coggins (1921–2011), American politician
• Leola Hall Coggins (1881–1930), American architect
• Mark Coggins (born 1957), Choctaw/American author and photographer
• Nate Coggins (born 1978), American football player
• Richard J. Coggins (1929–2017), British biblical commentator