Currie is a surname in the English language. The name has numerous origins.
| Gender | Unisex |
|---|---|
| Language(s) | English |
| Origin | |
| Language(s) | 1–3. Scottish English 4. Scottish Gaelic 5. English 6. Old French |
| Word/name | 1. Currie, Midlothian 2. Corrie, Dumfriesshire 3. Curry 4. MacMhuirich 5. Curry, Somerset 6. curie 7. Currie, King Island (Tasmania) |
| Other names | |
| See also | Curry |
Etymology edit
In some cases it originated as a habitational name, derived from Currie in Midlothian, Scotland. In other cases it originated as a habitational name, derived from Corrie, in Dumfriesshire, Scotland. A third origin for the surname is that it originated as a Scottish spelling of the Irish surname Curry, a surname which has several origins.[1] A fourth origin of the surname, particularly on Arran, is as an Anglicised form of the Scottish Gaelic MacMhuirich.[1][2] The Hebridean MacMhuirich evolved in such a way that the forms McVurich and McCurrie first appeared in the 17th century, and by the 18th century Currie is found on Islay, and on Uist by the 19th century.[3] Another origin of the surname is from Curry, in Somerset, England. In some cases the name may also be derived from the Old French curie, which means "kitchen".[4]
Early forms of the surname include: æt Curi, in about 1075; and de Cury, in 1212. Both forms are derived from the place name in Somerset. Other early forms include: atte Curie, in SRS 1327; and atte Corye. Early forms of the surname, derived from a Scottish place name, is de Curry, in 1179;[4] and de Curri, in 1210. An early form of the surname, when derived from MacMhuirich is M'Currie and Currie, in the early 18th century.[5]
It can be a Sept of Clan Donald or Clan Macpherson.
Persons with the surname edit
- Airese Currie (born 1982), American football player
- Alannah Currie (born 1957), New Zealand musician
- Alex Currie (1891–1951), Canadian hockey player and coach
- Archibald Currie (1888–1986), Surinamese politician
- Arthur Currie (1875–1933), Canadian general
- Austin Currie (1939–2021), Irish politician
- Balfour Currie (1902–1981), Canadian scientist
- Barbara Flynn Currie (born 1940), American politician
- Betty Currie (born 1939), secretary to Bill Clinton
- Blair Currie (born 1994), Scottish footballer
- Bill Currie (baseball) (1928–2013), American baseball player
- Billy Currie (born 1950), British musician
- Bob Currie (1918–1988), British motorcycle journalist
- Bob Currie (footballer), Scottish footballer
- Cameron Currie (born 1948), US federal judge
- Cecil Currie (1861–1937), English cricketer
- Cherie Currie (born 1959), American rock singer
- Dan Currie (1935–2017), American football player
- Dan Currie (footballer) (1935–1992), Scottish footballer
- Darren Currie (born 1974), English footballer
- David Currie, Baron Currie of Marylebone (born 1946), British economist
- David Vivian Currie (1912–1986), Canadian Army officer
- Dennis H. Currie (1874–1928), American military officer
- Donald Currie (1825–1909), Scottish shipowner
- Duncan Currie (1892–1916), Scottish footballer
- Edwina Currie (born 1946), British politician
- Finlay Currie (1878–1968), Scottish actor
- Sir Frederick Currie, 1st Baronet (1799–1875), member of Supreme Council of India
- Reverend Sir Frederick Larkins Currie (1823–1900), English cricketer
- George Currie (1905–1978), Northern Ireland barrister and politician
- George Currie (born 1950), Scottish musician and amateur archaeologist
- George R. Currie (1900–1983), U.S. jurist and Wisconsin Chief Justice
- George Welsh Currie (1870–1950), British politician
- Gilbert A. Currie (1882–1960), U.S. politician
- Gordon Currie (disambiguation)
- Gordon Currie (born 1965), Canadian actor
- Gregory Currie, Australian philosopher
- Herschel Currie (born 1965), American gridiron football player
- James Currie (physician) (1756–1805), Scottish physician, biographer of Robert Burns
- James Currie (politician) (1827–1901), Canadian politician
- John Currie (disambiguation), several people
- John Cecil Currie (1898–1944), British World War Two Army officer
- Justin Currie (born 1964), Scottish singer-songwriter
- Ken Currie (born 1960), Scottish artist
- Lauchlin Currie (1902–1993), Canadian economist
- Louise Currie (1913–2013), American actress
- Marie Currie (born 1959), American rock singer
- Mark Currie (games developer)
- Mark John Currie (1795–1874), Vice-Admiral R.N. and founder settler in Western Australia
- Archbishop Martin William Currie (born 1943), Catholic prelate serving in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
- Michael Currie (actor) (1928–2009), American actor
- Monique Currie (born 1983), American basketball player
- Nancy J. Currie (born 1958), American astronaut
- Nicholas Currie (born 1960), Scottish musician
- Philip Currie, 1st Baron Currie (1834–1906), British diplomat
- Philip J. Currie (born 1949), Canadian paleontologist
- Raikes Currie (1801–1881), English politician
- Richard Currie (born 1937), Canadian businessman
- Sondra Currie (born 1947), American actress
- Steve Currie (1947–1981), bassist for T. Rex
- Tony Currie (broadcaster) (born 1951), Scottish broadcaster
- Tony Currie (footballer) (born 1950), English footballer
- Tony Currie (rugby league) (born 1962), Australian rugby league footballer
- Ulysses Currie (1937–2019), American politician
- William Currie (1756–1829), English politician and restorer of East Horsley
References edit
- ^ a b Learn about the family history of your surname, Ancestry.com, retrieved 22 December 2010, which cited: Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4, for the surname "Currie", "Curry".
- ^ Black, George Fraser (1946), The Surnames of Scotland: Their Origin, Meaning, and History, New York: New York Public Library, p. 569
- ^ Grimble, Ian (1977), Scottish Clans and Tartans, London: Hamlyn, pp. 61–62, ISBN 0-600-31935-0
- ^ a b Reaney, Percy Hilde (1995), Wilson, Richard Middlewood (ed.), A Dictionary of English Surnames (3rd ed.), Oxford University Press, p. 121, ISBN 0-19-863146-4.
- ^ Black, George Fraser (1946), The Surnames of Scotland: Their Origin, Meaning, and History, New York: New York Public Library, pp. 193–194
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