Ker

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ker"

English

Etymology

  • As an English and Scottish surname, variant of Carr.
  • As a Hungarian surname, from Kér, name of a medieval Magyar tribe.
  • As a Chinese surname, romanized from 寇 (kòu); compare Kou.
  • Also as a Chinese surname, from 柯 (kē) (compare Ke) and 葛 (compare Ge).
  • Also as a Chinese surname, from 郭 (guō), compare Guo.

Proper noun

Ker (plural Kers)

  1. A surname.

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Ker is the 30889th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 753 individuals. Ker is most common among White (62.02%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (26.69%) individuals.

Proper noun

Ker

  1. (India) Initialism of Kerala

Anagrams

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

Clipping of Kerl (“guy”), hence also the capitalisation.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɛr/, [kɛɐ̯], (locally also) [kea̯], [kʲea̯]

Interjection

Ker

  1. (colloquial, Westphalia, especially Ruhrgebiet) man; jeez; expresses surprise, agitation, irritation
    Ker, wat is dat hier für ’n Chaos!
    Jeez, what a chaos it is around here!
    Ker, ich raste bald aus!
    Man, I’m really losing it now!

Swedish

Symbol

Ker

  1. (SAB) history of Wales
    Holonym: Ke
    Coordinate terms: Ke.2, Ke.3, Ke.4, Ke.5, Ke.6, Ker, Kes, Ket, Kex, Key
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