the name may have came from the Kush grass.   The History of Official Present Name In the times of East India Company the following English spellings were used such as: Cooch-Bihar, Coss-Beyhar, Kuch Behar, Kutch-Behar, Cooch-Behaar, Cooch-Behar, Kooch-Behar, Koch-Bihar, Koch Vihar, Koosh-Beyhar,etc. The Bengali names are as follows: কোচবিহার, কুচবিহার,