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Karigan
How to Pronounce Karigan
Pronounced KAIR-ih-gun /ˈkɛ.rɪ.ɡən/Medium
Meaning: Karigan is a respelled, given-name version of the Irish surname Kerrigan, anglicized from O Ciaragain. The root 'ciar' means dark or black, so the surname carried a sense of 'descendant of the little dark one'. As a modern girl's first name it keeps the surname's Irish flavor with a softer spelling.Medium
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U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Karigan follows the modern habit of turning Irish surnames into first names for girls. Its source, Kerrigan, comes from O Ciaragain, built on 'ciar', dark, so the name faintly carries that old descriptive sense while sounding fresh and lyrical.
In United States records Karigan appears in small numbers from the mid-nineteen-nineties into the twenty-twenties. A girl given it around its late-nineties high point is now in her mid-twenties.
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What does the name Karigan mean?
Karigan is a first-name form of the Irish surname Kerrigan, from a root 'ciar' meaning 'dark' or 'black'.
How do you pronounce Karigan?
It's said KAIR-ih-gun /ˈkɛ.rɪ.ɡən/, three syllables, stress on the first.
Is Karigan a boy or girl name?
Karigan is used as a girl's name.
Is Karigan a popular name?
No, it is an uncommon name, a modern surname-style choice heard from the nineteen-nineties.