Given name & surname
Coran
“one who wields a spear”
Coran is a variant of Corrin. One Irish interpretation is “one who wields a spear.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Coran is a variant of Corrin. One Irish interpretation is “one who wields a spear.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Coran is a variant of Corrin. An origin associated with Corrin is Irish.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1976. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Coran through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 76
- 76 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2002
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 7 in 2009. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 8 in 2002. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 207 as a first name in 2020; 406 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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