English Explanatory Dictionary

Kerrigan

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

Kerrigan Kerrigans

Etymology

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

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