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Kerry
Say it: KAIR-ee
Meaning
From the Irish county of Kerry, Ciarraí 'Ciar's people', Ciar being a personal name from ciar 'dark'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
A boys' name in Ireland and Britain that became mostly a girls' name in the US from the 1960s.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1970s
In the United States
- 98,322 babies given this name since 1920
- At its height in 1971, about 1 in 2,000 boys
- 61 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Kerri, Keri
| Irish | Ciarraí |
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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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