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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