Cornyn is a surname in English-language countries; it is from Ireland originally, and is the equivalent of Curneen. According to the historian C. Thomas Cairney, the O'Cornyns were part of the
Conmaicne
The Conmaicne (; ) were a people of early Ireland, perhaps related to the Laigin, who dispersed to various parts of Ireland. They settled in Connacht and Longford, giving their name to several Conmaicne territories. T. F. O'Rahilly's assertion ...
Rein tribe in Ireland who came from the
Erainn
The Iverni (, ') were a people of early Ireland first mentioned in Ptolemy's 2nd century ''Geography'' as living in the extreme south-west of the island. He also locates a "city" called Ivernis (, ') in their territory, and observes that this se ...
tribe who were the second wave of
Celts
The Celts ( , see Names of the Celts#Pronunciation, pronunciation for different usages) or Celtic peoples ( ) were a collection of Indo-European languages, Indo-European peoples. "The Celts, an ancient Indo-European people, reached the apoge ...
to settle in Ireland from about 500 and 100
BC.
Notable people sharing the surname Cornyn
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Alison Cornyn Alison Cornyn is a Brooklyn-based interdisciplinary artist, activist and educator. She is a founding partner and the Creative Director of Picture Projects Studio Cornyn is also the Creative Director of the Guantanamo Public Memory Project and States ...
, American interdisciplinary artist
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John Cornyn
John Cornyn III ( ; born February 2, 1952) is an American politician, attorney, and former jurist serving as the Seniority in the United States Senate, senior United States Senate, United States senator from Texas, a seat he has held since 2002. ...
(born 1952), United States Senator for Texas
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Stan Cornyn
Carl Stanley Cornyn (July 8, 1933 – May 11, 2015) was an American record label executive. He wrote ''Exploding: The Highs, Hits, Hype, Heroes, and Hustlers of the Warner Music Group'' (), and authored three privately published family genealogy ...
(born 1933), American record label executive
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William Cornyn
William Stewart Cornyn (1906–1971) was a Canadian-born American linguist and author, noted for his expertise in Burmese and Russian language studies, as well as for his research on Athabaskan and Burman etymology.
Life
Cornyn was born in V ...
(1906–1971), Canadian-born American linguist
See also
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Irish clans
Irish clans are traditional kinship groups sharing a common surname and heritage and existing in a lineage-based society, originating prior to the 17th century. A clan (or in Irish, plural ) included the chief and his Patrilineality, patrilineal ...
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