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Name Currie
Type Surname (from location)
Other Forms FormsCorrie, Curry, Mac Mhuirich, McMurray
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Meaning & History
Irish: Habitational name from Currie in Midlothian, first recorded in this form in 1230. It is derived from Gaelic curraigh, dative case of currach ‘wet plain’, ‘marsh’. It is also a habitational name from Corrie in Dumfriesshire (see Corrie).
Scottish spelling of Irish Curry or, in Arran, an Anglicization of Mac Mhuirich (see Mcmurray).
Scottish spelling of Irish Curry or, in Arran, an Anglicization of Mac Mhuirich (see Mcmurray).