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I just saw one on the news

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Her name was spelled Caragan, though. She and her brother started a non-profit to help kids with dyslexia.

I honestly had no idea who Nancy Kerrigan is though the name did sound familiar. She doesn't seem like an awful association. Anyway, Carrigan will probably hang out on my list for a while as a GP. Thanks!

I like the sound of Kerrigan. However, Kerry is so common and boring and I would think Kerrigan would get shortened to Kerry all the time.

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Carrigan looks and sounds too much like 'cardigan'! I don't like Morrigan but I used to like Maddigan when I was younger.

I taught a Kerrigan a few years ago. I don't love it. It seems like it would be a luggage brand name to me. I don't really know why.

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I've liked Morgan for a while and Morrigan always gets suggested to me as a more feminine option, but there's just something about the 'igan' that feels hokey to me.

I don't like surnames as first names, but out of the two I prefer Kerrigan.

Nancy Kerrigan still comes to mind, after all of these years. Also, the similarity to Morrigan makes it look like you're just changing the first letter to fit the K- kraze. Tyler to Kyler (I know 2), Mason to Kason (I know 1), Khloe instead of Chloe, etc. Maybe it isn't as big of a craze as it is in my mind while reading your comment, but it's annoying.

All I can think of is Nancy Kerrigan

Yes, IMHO it is as bad as you're thinking. Even if not for Nancy etc, it just doesn't sound very nice (to me, anyway). The G is gruff. It's similar to the word carrion. Morrigan is too witchy.

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Alternatives ...? Ceridwen. I know it's stressed differently but it's a good name. Kineret. Charmian (KAR-mee-an). Kerowyn.

Personally, it's so unusual that it's strongly associated to the few people/characters I know of with the name... which happen to be villains lol Carrigan was the bad lady in the movie Casper, and Kerrigan is a bad lady in the video game StarCraft.

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But then there is Nancy Kerrigan which isn't so bad?

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Anyway, as a name itself I don't think it's so bad. It's definitely better than Kennedy, Mackenzie, etc And it has a pleasant sound. Ditto for Morrigan, but also ditto my first comment cause of baddies lol

This message was edited 3/23/2014, 7:22 PM

It's awful. It's in the same category of "let's be Irish!" names as Callahan, Finnigan, ad nauseam, with the added annoyance of "let's pretend we're soap-opera characters" as Kensington and Carrington.
For that matter, I don't like Morrigan either, as it sounds, in addition to the things mentioned above, it sounds like a gussied-up version of Morgan, which I also loathe.

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Carolyn, Caroline, Carolina, Carrie-Anne ... anything.