Kerry

• 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”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɛɹi/

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• Rhymes: -ɛɹi

Kerry

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. ^[1]
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.
   • 2004 The Bulletin, Australia, "Hustling Hustings", February 25, 2004:

     A ticket of John Kerry and John Edwards with, effectively, four first names, would send the wrong message to the world. Also no candidate has ever been elected president, with a girl's name like "Kerry" for a "surname".

5. A male given name transferred from the surname or place name.
   • 1845, Charles James Lever, The O' Donoghue: A Tale of Ireland Fifty Years Ago, W. Curry, published 1845, page 26:

     Kerry O'Leary - for so was he called to distinguish him from those of the name in the adjoining county - soon made his appearance in the court-yard beneath.

6. A female given name transferred from the surname or place name, originally of Australian usage, also spelled Keri, Kerri and Kerrie.
   • 2014 February 28, Joseph Berger, “Fast Acquittal for Kennedy, Whose Name Put Prosecutors in Bind”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     After nearly 20 months of celebrity theater and an incalculable amount of effort and courtroom expense, the misdemeanor trial of Kerry Kennedy ended on Friday in breakneck fashion, as jurors took one hour to find her not guilty of driving under the influence of a drug: a sleeping pill that she said she took by accident.

Kerry (plural Kerries)

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

• Ryker

Borrowed from English Kerry.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈkeɾi/ [ˈkɛː.ɾɪ]
• Rhymes: -eɾi
• Syllabification: Ke‧rry
• Homophone: keri

Kerry (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜇᜒ)

1. a unisex given name from English