Poland (surname) cases, particularly in Ireland, the English "Poland" is a variant of "Polin", which is in turn an Anglicised form of the original Gaelic spelling of "Mac Póilín", which translated from Irish means "son of little Paul". This Irish surname originated as a patronymic, derived from a pet form of the Irish "Pól" (the English form of which is "Paul"). There are multiple formulations of the anglicised spelling quite often with the 'Mac' or 'Mc' removed, including: (Mc)Poland, (Mc)Polin, (Mc)Polland, (Mc)Pullen, (Mc)Pullin, (Mc)Polan which in Ireland come from the same original Gaelic. The variety in spelling of this Irish surname and
Curry (surname) Curry (surname) Curry is a common surname used in Ireland, Scotland and England. In England and Scotland, it is thought to derive from local place names and, in Scotland, also possibly from MacVurich. In some cases the surname is an Anglicised form of the Irish "Ó Comhraidhe"; the "h" lenites the preceding consonant, so the Anglicised form is not far from the pronunciation in Irish. It sometimes takes the form Corry or Corra, especially in the northern counties, where in the few early records in which the name is found the prefix ‘Mac’ is usually substituted for ‘O’. Corry, however,