# Curran

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #27,420

## Definitions
1. A surname from Irish.
2. A placename, from the surname:
3. A placename, from the surname:
4. A placename, from the surname:
5. A placename, from the surname:

## Etymology
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Corraidhín (“descendant of Corraidhín”), a personal name derived from a diminutive of corradh (“spear”).

## Easily confused with
- **curry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/curran-vs-curry)
- **currie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/curran-vs-currie)
- **Curtin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/curran-vs-curtin)
- **current** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/curran-vs-current)
- **curtain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/curran-vs-curtain)
- **Cuban** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cuban-vs-curran)
- **curia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/curia-vs-curran)
- **corral** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corral-vs-curran)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ccurran`, `cruran`, `curan`, `curarn`, `currann`, `currna`, `ucrran`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/curran