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Corran...would you think it was a boys/girls name. Does it sound like an odd name?

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thereisnoeleventeen · 04/04/2014 11:16

For a boy? (for any star wars fans...we would not be giving him the middle name of Horn as well).

Thoughts?

Do you know any Corrans?

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funnyossity · 04/04/2014 11:22

I'd mistake it upon hearing it for Corin - a boys' name.

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SpringBreak · 04/04/2014 11:23

it sounds like a hardwearing aggregate countertop

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Morgause · 04/04/2014 11:26

Corin is a boy's name - I'd use that rather than a made up name from a film.

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cakeymccakington · 04/04/2014 11:26

it sounds like a boys name for me.

reminds me of Giles Coren. and that's not a bad thing

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Raxacoricofallapatorius · 04/04/2014 11:27

I know a male Corin and a female Corinne. Much more accessible.

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CocktailQueen · 04/04/2014 11:28

No. Sorry - I don't like made-up names.

Corin is OK. But sounds like Corinne -a girl's name.

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UriGeller · 04/04/2014 11:29

Corin is great. Corran just looks like a "yoo-neek" spelling.

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Iloveonionchutney · 04/04/2014 11:32

My dh has corranhorn as his username on games etc! I like it but then I'm used to the name, and I know it as a boys name x

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cakeymccakington · 04/04/2014 11:32

wel according to google it's a real name of irish origin.

all names were "made up" at some point. really, it's no big deal.

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Meow75 · 04/04/2014 11:33

I taught a lass called Corran. She left the school where I worked last year. Only time I've encountered the name so it will always be a girl's name to me.

But I'm very sensitive to this. My name is the female version of a name that was a male character in a cult TV programme in the eighties about 4 lads living together as students and this name would get screeched by another character.

No one in the primary school I went to was interested that there is a fashion designer with the same name as me, same spelling, or a famous actress from a very famous film

I just suffered having a "boy's name" and being screeched at by the bastard bullies in my brother's year 2 yrs above. He encouraged them, as he was embarrassed by being associated with me.

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Meow75 · 04/04/2014 11:35

Oh, and the girl I know was born before GoT cultism.

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florascotia · 04/04/2014 11:37

Corran is a Scottish Gaelic word. It's a geographic term, such as 'hill'.

It means 'crescent' (as in street name 'Acacia Crescent' ) or 'curved headland'.

There is a well-known ferry - The Corran Ferry - near Fort William in the Highlands. For many people in the west of Scotland, and for the thousands of tourists who visit the area, that would be the first association.

However, if you like the sound, why not use it as a name?

A similar boy's name which is increasingly popular in Scotland is 'Oran'. He was one of St Columba's companions. A story tells how he met his end on the holy island of Iona, off the bigger isle of Mull. (He was possibly a human sacrifice, at the base of Columba's new church!)

There is also, I think, a St Oran in Ireland.

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florascotia · 04/04/2014 11:40

Corran Ferry photo here - very scenic:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corran_Ferry

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thereisnoeleventeen · 04/04/2014 11:54

Thank you for the picture of the Ferry! Smile

Corin is of course the other option...

I also worry about the girl/boy thing for names, a friend of mine has a DD called Morgan. I really like that name for a boy, I won't go with that though.

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florascotia · 04/04/2014 12:06

I rather like Corin for boys. Actor Corin Redgrave was v impressive, too.

Re Morgan, I prefer Morgaine or (French) Morgane or even Morgana for girls and Morgan for boys.

According to this website, the male 'Morgan' and female 'Morgane' names have completely different origins, which is interesting:
www.behindthename.com/name/morgan-2

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squoosh · 04/04/2014 13:12

'reminds me of Giles Coren. and that's not a bad thing'

Reminds me of Giles Coren. Always a bad thing.

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PostmanPatAlwaysRingsTwice · 04/04/2014 13:16

It's not a made-up name, just not well known in England I imagine which is the limit of many posters' world view

I know of a 2yo boy called Corran (not mine!) and it doesn't raise any eyebrows round here in Edinburgh.

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Blueberrybaby · 04/04/2014 13:42

Prefer Corin, or you might consider Corbin. I would think of it as a boys name.

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StampyIsMyBoyfriend · 04/04/2014 13:48

I know a little girl called Orin, I like it

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Sparkeleigh · 04/04/2014 14:13

I wanted to name our DS that, I love the books! But DH and me couldn't agree on how to pronounce it. Mine was the correct way obviously..

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17leftfeet · 04/04/2014 14:27

meow75

There was a boy at our school was very great full for that sit com as he was always told he had a girls name

My mum had several friends with the name who were all called auntie ...

Very common name in my neck of the woods

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HethsC · 05/04/2014 19:08

My friend has a 4 year old son called Corran. It's an usual name but I like it.

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Anjou · 05/04/2014 19:22

I know a 40 year old female Corinne and an almost 3 year old little boy called Corran - both pronounced Corr-un. Corran is the only boy I know with his name. My first thought was the ferry, as others have mentioned up thread. His mum says it's of Irish origin (also mentioned up thread). It doesn't raise any eyebrows here in Scotland.

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HolidayCriminal · 05/04/2014 19:40

Corran reads like a modern non-gender specific name. I would assume that it was said "co-RAN".
Corin I would suspect was variation on Corinne, so probably female.
I have a girl cousin Corinne (50yo, "co-RIN" or "KUH-rin"). I thought it was a French name.

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florascotia · 05/04/2014 20:18

Holiday the Scottish pronunciation is CORR-an. As above, it means 'crescent' or 'curved headland'.
The 'rr' is very 'rhotic' (ie rrrrrrrrrrolled).

Corin is a boys name and has been for centuries. It's a version an ancient Roman name, Quirinus, and means 'spear'; it's also the name of a Shakespearean character - a shepherd - in 'As You Like It'.

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