Kerry

Where Kerry comes from

* As an English surname, from a personal name derived from Old Norse Kári. * As an Irish surname, from Ó Ciardha (“descendant of Ciardha”), from ciar (“black”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Kerry
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Kerry through the years
  1. 1921
    First appearance
    #3,869 among boys with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1960
    Peak, #158
    2,176 babies named Kerry, the most in any year.
  3. 1968
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #214.
  4. 2003
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
In the dictionary
  • A surname from Middle English derived from the place name, or from the Middle English given name Kendrick.
  • A male given name transferred from the surname or place name.
  • A female given name transferred from the surname or place name, originally of Australian usage, also spelled Keri, Kerri and Kerrie.
Namesakes

No widely recognized namesakes for Kerry in Wikidata.

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.