Kerri

Where Kerri comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Kerri.

  • Vowel-ended
Kerri through the years
  1. 1945
    First appearance
    #3,676 among girls with 7 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1975
    Peak, #166
    1,597 babies named Kerri, the most in any year.
  3. 1977
    Kerri Strug born
    American gymnast
  4. 1978
    Kerri Walsh Jennings born
    American professional beach volleyball player
  5. 1986
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #307.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name transferred from the surname, variant of Kerry.
Namesakes
  • Kerri Walsh Jennings · American professional beach volleyball player, born 1978
  • Kerri Strug · American gymnast, born 1977
  • Kerri Gowler · New Zealand rower, born 1993
  • Kerri Green · American actress, born 1967
  • Kerri Pottharst · Australian volleyball player, born 1965

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.