Kerry (name)


Kerry or Kerri is both a masculine and feminine English language given name of Gaelic origin.
In its original form Ciarraighe, it denoted the people of Ciar, Ciar being the son of Fergus mac Róich, who gave his name to County Kerry. Ciarraighe was thus the name of the pre-Gaelic tribe who lived in the area of what is now County Kerry. However, branches of the Ciarraighe were all over Ireland:

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