Coran??

[Casey24]

Me again :-) So I was watching the news last night and they were interviewing this lovely young Scottish guy about the independence vote, as as much as I'm concerned with this huge domestic event I couldn't help being more interested in his name! Coran, it has a lovely sound I think, I presume it's Scottish but I've never heard of it before - anyone know of one? does it mean anything dodgy in other languages???

Hmm. Looked it up and the references I find are that it's a Scottish surname. Not unusual for people to use surnames as firstnames (Jackson and the like).

www.houseofnames.com/coran-family-crest/Scottish

I really like that and it sounds like would work as a first name to me

wow amazing info - thanks!

There was a whole thread about Corran not long ago. The double r is the usual spelling. There are two possible origins:

1. It's a Gaelic geographical term
If so, it means 'crescent' or 'sickle' or 'crescent-shaped headland'. It's the name of a well-known and romantically-sited ferry near Fort William. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corran_Ferry
Also the name of crescent-shaped bays in other parts of western Scotland, such as
www.gaelicplacenames.org/databasedetails.php?id=221

Corran is sometimes used as a first name for boys (3 in Scotland in 2013)

2. It's a variation of the better-known Irish and Scottish surname, Curran

The Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press suggests this. Curran comes from a Gaelic word meaning 'little spear':
www.behindthename.com/name/corraidhi10n

Corran or Curran are sometimes confused with the English name, Corin. That comes, via French, from the Roman name, Quirinus, which also means 'spear'.
www.behindthename.com/name/quirinus

Many geographical names have been used as surnames, but Corran is not a common Scottish surname. I've just looked in the only phone book I have for a Scottish city - half of Glasgow - and there is not a single Corran or Coran surname there, but a whole column of 'Curran'.

I find the House of Names suggestion rather strange. Most writers don't link Cowan or McCown with the word Corran :
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCown

I really like Corran (much better with the two r's imo).

It was on our list for DS but ultimately I felt it sounded just a wee bit feminine and/or posh (Corinne/Corin Redgrave) and that put me off.

Also liked Torran (which I believe is the name of an island group somewhere in Scotland) and Callan.

I'm Scottish and I've never heard of it, but it immediately made me think of the Qur'an - he'd get teased rotten for having the same name as a book, sorry. I know Curran as a surname. What about Callum?

Corin?

There's also Coram, as in Coram's Fields in London.

right found the thread.. Corran, ok love it - surname would be O'Sullivan so the whole celtic vibe really suits - thanks all..

Corran O'Sullivan sounds pretty awesome to me .

A great name!

I know a 15 year old Corran. I have never heard a single mention of it being similar to Qur'an, though we live in an area with not many Muslim people.

Coran does sound quite nice to my ear, but my first association is the novel Coram Boy, and the second is the Koran, and neither of those are things I'd want to stick on a child.

I know a girl called Coran, always really liked it.

But Corran (Kohh-rrrun, with the ohh as in 'toffee') sounds nothing like Qur'an (Cure-ahrn) or Coram (Core-am)

Makes me think of Corian (worktop material)!

Ah some lovely comments, thank you

Corin Redgrave comes to my mind.

love it - had Corran on our short list - great Scottish sounding name . We went for something very similar in the end but would still consider corran for future sibling ...

I like Corran. We had Corin on our list for a boy