Girl · Irish place name
Kerri
Say it: KAIR-ee
Meaning
A spelling of Kerry, from the Irish county Ciarraí, 'the people of Ciar'; sometimes also taken as a form of Carrie.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Most used in the US in the 1960s and 1970s.
Its wave through time
A fashion of the 1970s
In the United States
- 37,304 babies given this name since 1945
- At its height in 1975, about 1 in 913 girls
- 15 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Kerry, Keri, Kerrie
Famous bearers
- Kerri Strug, American gymnast
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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