Curneen
English edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Curneen (plural Curneens)
- A surname from Irish.
Statistics edit
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Curneen is the 331838th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 50 individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Curneen”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 395.