Submitted NameRevisions Save Type Surname Usage English Pronounced Pron. KOHR-i-gən [key] Edit Status Status [show contributorshide contributors] Added 9/19/2006 by Morgan Edited 5/11/2015 by Frollein Gladys Meaning & History Traditionally an Irish surname meaning "spear". From the Irish Gaelic corragán which is a double diminutive of corr 'pointed'.