Kerry

Meanings

1. A county of Ireland. County seat: Tralee.
2. A village and community in Powys, Wales, originally in Montgomeryshire (OS grid ref SO1489). Welsh spelling: Ceri.
3. A rural locality in Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia.
4. A surname from Middle English derived from the place name, or from the Middle English given name Kendrick.
5. A male given name transferred from the surname or place name.
6. A female given name transferred from the surname or place name, originally of Australian usage, also spelled Keri, Kerri and Kerrie.

1. An animal belonging to a rare breed of dairy cattle, native to Ireland.

Etymology

* 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”).

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