In some cases the surname originated as a habitational name, derived from several different locations named Corrie. For example, the surnames are derived from the places so-named on the Isle of Arran, and in Dumfries (both of which are located in Scotland). The place names are derived from the Gaeliccoire, meaning "cauldron", which was used in place names to describe a circular valley on the side of a mountain.[1]
Another origin of the surname is from a variation of the surnames Corry and McCorry, which are common in the north of Ireland.[1][2] These particular surnames are derived from the IrishMac Gothraidh, meaning "son of Gothradh".[2][3]
Distribution
In Ireland, the surname is rare, although it is found in numbers in Belfast and Derry. The surname, when found in Ireland, can originate as either the northern Irish patronym, or from any of the Scottish toponyms.[4]
Families
The name has been borne by a notable Scottish family, the Corrie family, that was seated in Dumfries. The family derived its surname from the toponym in Dumfries, which is located in what is now the civil parish of Hutton and Corrie.[5] The leading branch of the family were known as the Corries of that Ilk.[6]
^Irish Ancestors, Irishtimes.com (www.irishtimes.com), archived from the original on 13 May 2016, retrieved 4 January 2011, which cited: de Bhulbh, Seán (1997), Sloinnte na hÉireann - Irish Surnames, Comharchumann Íde Naofa, for the surname "Corrie".
^Black, George Fraser (1946), The Surnames of Scotland: Their Origin, Meaning, and History, New York: New York Public Library, p. 172
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