Given name & surname
Currie
“one who wields a dagger; a hero”·“resembling the spice”
Currie is a variant of Curran. One interpretation is “one who wields a dagger; a hero.” Currie is a variant of Curry. One American interpretation is “resembling the spice.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Currie is a variant of Curran. One interpretation is “one who wields a dagger; a hero.” Currie is a variant of Curry. One American interpretation is “resembling the spice.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Currie is a variant of Curry. An origin associated with Curry is American.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1908. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Currie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 249
- 195 boys · 54 girls
- Most popular year
- 1976
- 13 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 6 in 1996. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 11 in 1940. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 355 as a first name in 2020; 16,609 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.
Currie’s family of names
Currie has a related form in Curry. Currie has a related form in Curran. In English usage, Currie as a surname has a related form in Currey.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Currie
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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