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My friend and his parents pronounce it with a hard C, much like 'coriander' (as Sabertooth noted), so it probably is a borrowed word, as you said. His family is uncertain about the original Coryan's background, but I'll drop my friend a line and see what I can glean.

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My cursory search suggests Goryan means 'woodsman' in Bulgarian, and was formerly a popular peasant's name. Whether it or an Indian analogue were used by the Romani is uncertain.

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Thanks for your response; I was having a hard time with the basics of Romani names.