Kern - Meaning of Kern

What does Kern mean?

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Kern

[ syll. ker(n), ke-rn ] The baby boy name Kern is also used as a girl name. It is pronounced as K-RN †. Kern is used chiefly in the English language and its origin is Celtic.

Kern is a variant of the name Kearney (English).

Kern is also a contraction of the name Kieran (English and Irish) in the English language.

See also the related categories, english and celtic.

Kern is an unusual baby name for boys. It is not listed in the top 1000 names. In 2018, among the group of boy names directly linked to Kern, Kieran was the most regularly used.

Baby names that sound like Kern include Karn, Karuen, Karune, Kearn, Kearne, Keren, Kerm, Kerme, Kerne, Caern, Caerne, Cairn, Cairne, Carm, Carn, Carne, Craen, Craene, Crain, and Craine.

† Pronunciation for Kern: K as in "key (K.IY)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"