Curneen

English

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cuirnín (“descendant of Cuirnín”), a personal name which derives from a diminutive of corn (“horn; drinking-horn”).

Proper noun

Curneen (plural Curneens)

1. A surname from Irish.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Curneen is the 331838^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 50 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Curneen”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 395.