Comrie

English

Etymology

From Scottish Gaelic comar (“confluence”) + the locative suffix -ach.

Proper noun

Comrie (countable and uncountable, plural Comries)

1. A village near Oakley, Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT0289).
2. A village in Strathearn, Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NN7722).
3. A habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Comrie is the 34353^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 660 individuals. Comrie is most common among White (50.45%) and Black/African American (41.52%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Comrie”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 358.

Anagrams

• Cromie, Meroic, Moceri, meroic, morice