# Kerrigan

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #38,001

## Definitions
1. A surname from Irish.
2. A female given name from Irish.
3. A ghost town in Wayne County, Missouri, United States.

## Etymology
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Ciaragáin (“grandson/descendant of Ciaragán”), a byname from a double diminutive of ciar (“black”).

## Common misspellings (10)
`ekrrigan`, `kerigan`, `kerirgan`, `kerrgian`, `kerriagn`, `kerrigann`, `kerriggan`, `kerrigna`, `kkerrigan`, `krerigan`

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