Quirk Family History
Quirk Name Meaning
Manx and Irish (Munster): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Cuirc ‘descendant of Corc’ a personal name from corc ‘heart’ or curc ‘tuft (of hair)’. The surname was sometimes Anglicized as Oates due to erroneous derivation from the Irish word coirce ‘oats’. Alternatively a shortened variant of McGuirk .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022