Kerrigan or Kierigan?

iVillage Member
Registered: 10-20-2005
Kerrigan or Kierigan?
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Thu, 10-20-2005 - 8:11pm

Kerrigan or Kierigan?



  • Kerrigan (pronounce it as: care-again)
  • Kierigan (pronounce it as: kear-again)
  • Both are nice - I can't decide.
  • Sorry, none of the above.


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Registered: 01-22-2005
Fri, 10-21-2005 - 10:02am
Wow, looking at the popular names these days is like opening the South Boston phone book! :-) My personal impression of these Irish last names as first names is that unless they are family names, it seems odd to pull one out of the air to name a child. That said, Kerrigan is a more straight-forward name to pronounce, although here in Boston, it wouldn't be said Care-agin (ouch!) but "Kerr" with a short "e" sound. I know it's a Boston thing (the three words "Mary", "merry" and "marry" all have different vowel sounds here.)