What is the origins of my surname Curran?

Question

Anyone know? It's an unusual surname. I have done a websearch and I can't find any info. People's surnames usually have meaning like their occupation or location, like Baker or Carpenter etc.

Answer 1

The name Curran \c(ur)-ran\ is pronounced KER-an. It is of Irish and Gaelic origin, and its meaning is "dagger; hero".

Curran has 3 variant forms: Currey, Currie and Curry.

My mother's side of the family were all Curries so we could be very distant relatives...

Answer 2

Curran Surname

Answer 3

House of Names has the following in fine print at the bottom of its page

"We encourge you to study the Curran genealogy to find out if your descend from someone who bore a particular family crest. . . . . . . . . .No family, not even royal houses can make sound claim to the right to bear arms unless a proven connection is established through attested genealogical records."

See the links below:

http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/comconsumerpsst.cfm

http://www.college-of-arms.gov.uk/Faq.htm

http://www.heraldry.ws/info/article10.html

Don't be taken in by peddlers of surname products. Actually I understand for many Irish names, House of Names if there isn't a coat of arms will take an English, Norwegian or some other coat of arms and contrive to connect it to an Irish name.

According to Ancestry.Com Curran is the Anglicized form of Gaelic O'Corrain or O'Corraidhin, descendant of Corraidhin, a personal name a diminutive of corradh 'spear'. Compare Corr.

They show the place of origin of Curran immigrants to the U. S. is as follows

Ireland 1861

England 288

Great Britain 195

Scotland 81

Germany 6

Britain 5

The same surname can come from more than one nationality. Not everyone with the same surname is necessarily related or shares ancestors even those of the same national origin. Also another thing you have to consider the following: I live in a Cajun part of Texas. We had one priest who had a French surname. Now he stated his mother definitely was French but his father was French in name only. His father was Irish. Oh his father probably had a French ancestor 7 generations back, so he had the French name.

The best thing to do is to trace your ancestors starting with yourself and working back. Anytime you wish to do this, there are lots of people on this board than can give you some great tips and advice. Just ask.

Answer 4

With a surname Curran your forefathers could of came from Ireland.

To be honest your pretty lucky because if you had a surname like Murphy, it would take a lifetime!

GOOD LUCK but tracing the family tree is highly addictive.

Answer 5

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What is the origins of my surname Curran?
Anyone know? It's an unusual surname. I have done a websearch and I can't find any info. People's surnames usually have meaning like their occupation or location, like Baker or Carpenter etc.

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Answer 7

I am a Curran, my Great Grandmother came over from Ireland in the Early 1900's to Ellis Island. My Gramps was a kid at the time. they Left from County Cork where they resided. They both Spoke Irish Gaelic, but they didn't teach my dad. they lived in Philadelphia where my family is from. The Currans are very common up North not so much in the South. Mainly in the Megalopolis from Boston to Washington.

Curran (Irish: Ó Corráin) is an Irish and also a Scottish surname. The name derives from the 10th century Gaelic name O'Corraidhin, meaning "the male descendant of Corraidhin" a personal name which comes from "corradh", a spear. (Origin Celtic) 1. Hero, Champion, Knight[Irish Curadhan - curadh (dh mute), hero, + the diminutive suffix an]. 2. Of or for Corran.

The surname Curran is common in all four provinces in Ireland, but especially in County Donegal and throughout Ulster. The name is also prevalent in the south of Ireland, appearing many times in the County Tipperary Hearth Money Rolls of 1665-7. Currans showed up frequently as Waterford residents in the census of 1659.

The 1901 census in Kerry counted 142 Curran or Currane families. Though Curran is the standard form of the name, in Kerry the form Currane is more common. Other modern synonyms include Kirrane, Corhen and Curreen. The origin of the word comes from Ó Corrin, or Ó Cooraidhin; both derive from corradh, meaning spear.

In the Middle Ages, the Currans were a family of distinguished ecclesiastics. Simon Ó Currin, a Dominican friar who died in 1302, served as Bishop of Kilfenora. Andrew Ó Curran, a Benedictine, was appointed prior of Glasscarrif in 1411. James Ó Corren or O'Currin (Séamus Ó Cuirrín) was Bishop of Killaloe from 1526 to 1542.

Recorded in many forms as shown below, this is an Irish surname. It originates from the pre 10th century Olde Gaelic name O'Corraidhin, meaning "the male descendant of Corraidhin", a personal name from "corradh", a spear. The surname is numerous and widespread in Ireland both in its modern spellings forms and in the forms of O'Corrain or O'Currain. In the 16th and 17th Centuries, the name was found mainly in counties Waterford, Tipperary, Galway and Leitrim. In Kerry, the name was usually recorded as Currane, Corran, Curreen and Curren.

The meaning of Curran is "Dark one" and " Seed, kernel" and " Hand mill".
Its origin is "Variant of the Gaelic, German, English and Dutch name Kern".
Curran is a form of Kern and is generally pronounced like "KUR ran".

Curran is a surname of Gaelic, Celtic and Scottish descent. It is derived from O'Corraidhin, an Olde Gaelic name of the 10th century which means 'the male descendant of Corraidhin'. Corraidhin comes from the Celtic word 'corradh' which means "a spear".

Curran meaning and name origin

Curran \c(ur)-ran\ as a boy's name is pronounced KER-an. It is of Irish and Gaelic origin, and the meaning of Curran is "dagger; hero".

Curran has 3 variant forms: Currey, Currie and Curry.

For more information, see also the related name Kern.

Curran is also pronounced similarly to Corrin and Corwan. Other suggested similar baby names are Ciaran and Cyran.

When used as a baby name it is male and refers to Warrior, Spear, or Hero.

Answer 8

It's common in Ireland, so it's probably an anglicised version of a name in Irish, which I am sure someone else will be happy to provide.

Answer 9

curran-hero
origin-celtic/gaelic

Answer 10

http://www.houseofnames.com/fc.asp?sId=&s=Curran