Corrie Surname Meaning & Coat of Arms

Spelling was not fixed until the modern era, so Currie could easily become Corrie. Surname dictionaries give the meaning as “Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Mhuirich or Ó Comhraidhe”.

Corrie coat of arms

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Corrie, so the heraldry linked to Currie is a starting point, not an automatic right.

How the spelling arose

Only a small detail separates the spellings: Corrie has “o” where Currie has “u”. Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard.

The 2010 US Census counted 926 people named Corrie, ranking it number 26,362 among American surnames. Similar-sounding surnames on Herald Lab: Correa and Correia. Research your Corrie family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.