Carey

• Cary

• As a German surname, Americanized from Gehrig, Gehring.
• As a Welsh surname, variant of Carew.
• As an English surname, from placenames derived from Proto-Brythonic *karɨd (“to love”).
• As an Irish surname, from mac Fhiachra (“descendant of Fiachra”), from préachán (“crow”).
• Also as an Irish surname, from the root of the name Kerry.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɛəɹi/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) enPR: kârʹē
  • (without the Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /ˈkɛɚ.i/
  • (Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /ˈkɛɹ.i/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈkeː.ɹi/
• (New Zealand, without the cheer–chair merger) IPA^(key): /ˈkeəɹi/
• (New Zealand, cheer–chair merger) IPA^(key): /ˈkiəɹi/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˈkeɹɪ/, /ˈkeɹe/
• (Lancashire, fair–fur merger) IPA^(key): /ˈkɜːɹɪ/
• Rhymes: -ɛəɹi
• Homophones: carry (Mary–marry–merry merger), Kerry (Mary–marry–merry merger)

Carey (countable and uncountable, plural Careys)

1. A placename:
   1. A hamlet in Ballingham parish and Little Dewchurch parish, Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO5631). ^[1]
   2. A place in the United States, including:
      1. An unincorporated community in Greene County, Georgia.
      2. A minor city in Blaine County, Idaho.
      3. A village in Crawford Township, Wyandot County, Ohio.
      4. An unincorporated community in Childress County, Texas.
      5. A town in Iron County, Wisconsin.
   3. An island of Nunavut, Canada, in James Bay off the coast of Quebec; in full, Carey Island.
2. (countable) A surname.
   1. An English habitational surname from either of these placenames.
   2. A surname from Irish, anglicized from the Gaelic Ó Ciardha.
   3. A Celtic surname from Welsh, derived from Carew.
3. (countable) A unisex given name.
   1. A male given name transferred from the surname.
   2. A female given name, variant of Cary.

• Cayer, Racey, craye