The currie Surname
currie Name Meaning and History
- 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’.
- habitational name from Corrie in Dumfriesshire (see Corrie).
- Scottish spelling of Irish Curry or, in Arran, an Anglicization of Mac Mhuirich (see McMurray).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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