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

63 replies

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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florascotia · 04/04/2014 11:40

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

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.

Meow75 · 04/04/2014 11:35

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

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.

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.

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

UriGeller · 04/04/2014 11:29

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

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.

Raxacoricofallapatorius · 04/04/2014 11:27

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

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

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.

SpringBreak · 04/04/2014 11:23

it sounds like a hardwearing aggregate countertop

funnyossity · 04/04/2014 11:22

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