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 [ 2 syll. ker-ry, ke-rry ] The girl name Kerry is also used as a boy name, with the latter form being slightly more popular. It is pronounced KEHRiy KEY. Kerry has its origins in the Irish language and it is used largely in English. The meaning of Kerry is 'descendants of Ciar'. Derived from the word ciar with the meaning 'black'. It represents the transferred use of the geographic name as a given name. See Kerry for more info. Forms of the name include the English Kera, the English Keree, the English Kerrey, and the Irish Kerrin. The spelling variants Keri (English), Kerie (English), Kerri (English), Kerrie (English), Kery (English), and Kerye (English) are other forms of Kerry. Kerry is rare as a baby girl name. At the modest peak of its usage in 1971, 0.126% of baby girls were named Kerry. It was #145 in rank then. The baby name has dropped out of favor since then, and is of only sporadic use now. Out of all girl names in its family, Kerry was nevertheless the most frequently used in 2008. Although there were times from 1967 to 1997 that Kerry was more popular with girls, today it is somewhat used more commonly as a boy name. Baby names that sound like Kerry include the English Karie, the Welsh and English Keri, the English Kerie, the English Kerrey, the English Kerri, the English Kerrie, the English Kery, the English Carey, the English Carie, the English Carrey, the English Carrie, the English Cary, the English Kaara, the English Kaira, the Japanese Kaori, the English, German, and Scottish Kara, the English and Scandinavian Kari, the English Karra, the English Karrie, and the English Keara. KEY: Pronunciation for Kerry: K as in "key (K.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"   |
