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kerrigan

/kˈɛɹɪɡən/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.78 in modern English

Syllables
ker-ri-g-an
IPA
/kˈɛɹɪɡən/
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Irish.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A female given name from Irish.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A ghost town in Wayne County, Missouri, United States.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Ciaragáin (“grandson/descendant of Ciaragán”), a byname from a double diminutive of ciar (“black”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Ó Ciaragáin

Usage

Inflected Forms

Kerrigans (plural)

Rhymes With

harrigan berrigan merrigan

Questions

How do you pronounce kerrigan?
The recorded pronunciation is /kˈɛɹɪɡən/.
What does kerrigan mean?
A surname from Irish.
Where does kerrigan come from?
It is traced to Irish.

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