Origin and popularity of the name CURRY

Origin

Curry : 1: Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Comhraidhe ‘descendant of Comhraidhe’ a personal name of uncertain meaning.2: Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Corra (see Corr).3: Scottish and northern English: variant of Currie.4: Americanized form of Arabic Khoury or Khouri ‘priest’. Compare Cury and Currie.

Corey : 1: English: possibly from the Old Norse personal names Kori (of unexplained etymology) or Kári (from kárr ‘curl’ or ‘quarrelsome’). Alternatively a habitational name from one or more of Curry Mallet or Curry Rivel (Somerset) West Curry or Cory in Morwenstow (Cornwall) or the river name in Coryton (Devon) all of which have early spellings with -o-.2: Irish (Down; Tyrone): variant of Curry.3: Americanized form of Arabic Khoury or Khouri ‘priest’. Compare Cory and Korey.

Currey : 1: Irish: variant of Curry.2: English: habiational name from Curry in Somerset so named after a stream possibly meaning ‘border river’ (compare Welsh cwr ‘corner border’ or Cornish cor ‘hedge boundary’).3: English (of Norman origin): from Old French curie ‘kitchen’ and probably an occupational name for a cook or kitchen hand.4: Scottish: variant of Currie.

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Last name frequency

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