Kerrigan

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Kerrigan (countable and uncountable, plural Kerrigans)

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

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Kerrigan is the 5204^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 6714 individuals. Kerrigan is most common among White (94.76%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Kerrigan”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 295.

Anagrams

• reraking