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Curry name meaning

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in 2010
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Origin and Meaning of Curry

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English
39%
American
35%
Scottish
13%
Greek
4%
Irish
4%
Tamil
4%

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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
verb Cur"ry
Senses
  1. To dress or prepare for use by a process of scraping, cleansing, beating, smoothing, and coloring; -- said of leather.
  2. To dress the hair or coat of (a horse, ox, or the like) with a currycomb and brush; to comb, as a horse, in order to make clean."Your short horse is soon curried." [Beau. & FL.]
  3. To beat or bruise; to drub; -- said of persons."I have seen him curry a fellow's carcass handsomely." [Beau. & FL.]

Etymology: OE. curraien curreien, OF. cunreer correier, to prepare, arrange, furnish, curry (a horse), F. corroyer to curry (leather) (cf. OF. conrei conroi, order, arrangement, LL. conredium); cor-L.com-) + roi rei, arrangement, order; prob. of German origin, and akin to E. ready. See Ready Greith, and cf. Corody Array

noun Cur"ry
Senses
  1. [Cookery] A kind of sauce much used in India, containing garlic, pepper, ginger, and other strong spices.
  2. A stew of fowl, fish, or game, cooked with curry.

Etymology: Tamil kari

verb Cur"ry
To flavor or cook with curry.
Other Dictionary Sources
  1. (East Indian cookery) a pungent dish of vegetables or meats flavored with curry powder and usually eaten with rice
  2. Give a neat appearance to
    Synonyms: dress and groom
  3. Treat by incorporating fat ("curry tanned leather")
  4. Season with a mixture of spices; typical of Indian cooking
Wiktionary
  1. An Irish surname​, anglicized from Irish Ó Comhraidhe.
  2. An Irish surname​, a variant of Corr.
  3. An Irish surname​, a variant of Currie.
  4. A Scottish surname​, a variant of Currie.
  5. A locale in the United States.
    1. An unincorporated community in Pike County, Alabama.
    2. An unincorporated community in Talladega County, Alabama.
    3. An unincorporated community in Walker County, Alabama.
    4. A ghost town in Alaska.

Curry was also found in the following language(s): German

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Notable Persons Named Curry

Notable Persons Named Curry

Curry Todd

Curry was born on December 31st, 1947.

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Curry Foley

Curry Foley was a baseball player. Curry was born on January 14th, 1856 in County Kerry. He died on October 20th, 1898.

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Curry Burns

Curry Burns is a gridiron football player. Curry was born on February 12th, 1981 in Miami.

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Curry C. Carter

Curry C. Carter was a Mayor of Staunton, Virginia, and Mayor ofStaunton. Curry was born on April 17th, 1892 in Washington, Virginia. He died in 1970.

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Curry Sedrick

Curry Sedrick is an athlete. Curry was born on November 23rd, 1976 in Houston.

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Curry Hicks

Curry was born on January 17th, 1885 in Enfield, New York. Curry is also known as Hicks and Curry Starr. He breathed his last breath on February 28th, 1964.

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Notable Persons With the Last Name Curry

Notable Persons With the Last Name Curry

Stephen Curry

Stephen Curry is a basketball player for the Golden State Warriors in the National Basketball Association. He was most prominent from 2009 to present. Stephen was born on March 14th, 1988 in Akron, Ohio.

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Tim Curry

Tim Curry is an actor, voice actor, and singer. He was most active from 1968 to present. Tim was given the name Timothy James Curry on April 19th, 1946 in Grappenhall.

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Seth Curry

Seth Curry is a basketball player for the Sacramento Kings, Santa Cruz Warriors, Memphis Grizzlies, Cleveland Cavaliers, Erie BayHawks, and Phoenix Suns in the National Basketball Association. His ongoing career started in 2013. Seth was born on August 23rd, 1990 in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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Dell Curry

Dell Curry is a basketball player for the Utah Jazz, Cleveland Cavaliers, Charlotte Hornets, Milwaukee Bucks, and Toronto Raptors. He was most prominent from 1986 to 2002. Dell was born on June 25th, 1964 in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

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ULT Denzel Curry

ULT Denzel Curry is a hip hop music and cloud rap rapper visual artist and rapping. His most notable accomplishments were from 2011 to present. ULT was born on February 16th, 1995. ULT is also known as Aquarius'Killa, Raven Miyagi, Denny Cascade, ULT, and The Ultimate.

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The D.O.C.

The D.O.C. is a hip hop music, gangsta rap, g-funk, and west coast hip hop rapping, songwriter, and singing. He was most active from 1988 to present. The was given the name Tracy Lynn Curry on June 10th, 1968 in Dallas, Texas, U.S. The is also known as Doc-T and The Diggy Diggy Doc.

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  • Adrianne Curry
    Model
  • Ann Curry
    Journalist
  • Eddy Curry
    Basketball Player
  • Valorie Curry
    Actress
  • Adam Curry
  • Lisa Curry
    Swimmer
  • Aaron Curry
    Athlete
  • Michael Bruce Curry
    Christian Bishop
  • Bill Curry
    College Coach
  • Stephen Curry
  • Lenny Curry
    Mayor of Jacksonville
  • Thomas J. Curry
  • Craig G
    Musician
  • Julian Curry

Common last names for Curry

Common first names for Curry

Ethnicity Distribution

Ethnicity Curry U.S.
█  White 59.18% 64.26%
█  African American 34.93% 11.96%
█  Asian, Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander 0.49% 4.85%
█  American Indian and Alaska Native 0.47% 0.69%
█  Two or More Ethnicities 2.41% 1.76%
█  Hispanic or Latino 2.52% 16.26%

Of Last Name Curry

People with the last name Curry are most frequently White or African American

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Fun Facts about the name Curry

  • What name lists does Curry rank for?
    #436Popular Surnames
  • How Popular is the name Curry? Curry is the 8,040th most popular name of all time. As a last name Curry was the 436th most popular name in 2010.
  • How many people with the first name Curry have been born in the United States? From 1880 to 2019, the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,613 babies born with the first name Curry in the United States. That's more than enough people named Curry to occupy the territory of Christmas Island (Australia) with an estimated population of 1,462 (as of June 30, 2010).
  • What year were 5 or more babies first named Curry? The name was first given to 5 or more babies in the year 1896 when it was given as a first name to 6 new born babies.
  • When was Curry first recorded in the United States? The oldest recorded birth by the Social Security Administration for the first name Curry is Tuesday, December 23rd, 1873.
  • What year had the most people named Curry born? The highest recorded use of the first name Curry was in 1970 with a total of 30 babies.
  • Random Curry Factoid: According to the 1919 U.S. Social Security Administration data, the first name Curry is not a popular baby boy's name in Texas. Imagine that, only 5 babies in Texas have the same name in 1919.
  • Weird things about the name Curry: The name spelled backwards is Yrruc. A random rearrangement of the letters in the name (anagram) will give Yrruc. How do you pronounce that?
  • How many people have the last name Curry? In 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau surveyed 74,919 people with the last name Curry.
  • How likely are you to meet someone with the last name of Curry? Curry was ranked as the 436th most popular last name but is still less than 0.1% of the population!
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