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Kerry (name)

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Region of origin
  
Irish-British Isles

Language(s) of origin
  
Irish

Kerry (alternatively Kerri; /'kɛ.ɹi/) is both a masculine and feminine English language given name of Gaelic (Irish) origin.

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In its original form Ciarraighe (Ciarraí), it denoted the people of Ciar (ciar-raighe), 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:

  • Ciarraige Luachra - in what is now north County Kerry and Sliabh Luachra, both named after them.
  • Ciarraige Cuirche - due south of what is now Cork City, in Munster.
  • Ciarraige Áei - on the plains of central County Roscommon, in Connacht.
  • Ciarraighe Locha na nÁirne - in eastern County Mayo in Connacht.
  • Ciarraige Airtech - on Magh nAirtig (plain of Airtig, northwest County Roscommon, parish of Tibohine.
  • Ciarraige Broengair - location uncertain. The Múscraige Breogain were found south-west of Cashel, Munster.
  • Ciarraige Choinnend - location uncertain.
  • Ciarraige Trimaige - location uncertain.
  • Ciarraige Aidhne - in Aidhne, now south County Galway, Connacht.

    • Kerry is also a common surname and as such is of Welsh origin, though sometimes spelled Ceri. However, Ceri (pronounced Kerry) is more commonly in Wales a first name, either masculine or feminine.

    Politics

  • Kerry Healey (born 1960), former Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts
  • John Kerry, United States politician

    • Film

  • Kerry Fox (born 1966), New Zealand actress
  • Kerri Green, American actress
  • Kerry LaiFatt, Canadian actress
  • Kerri Smith, Canadian actress
  • Kerry Washington, American actress

    • Music

  • Kerri Chandler, producer of house music
  • Kerry Ellis, an English singer and stage actress
  • Kerry Katona, pop singer
  • Kerry King, Guitarist for thrash metal band Slayer
  • Kerry Livgren, a founding member of the progressive rock band Kansas

    • Sport

  • Kerri Buchberger, Canadian volleyball player
  • Kerry Collins, American football player
  • Kerri Gallagher (born 1989), American middle-distance runner
  • Kerry Kittles, American basketball player
  • Kerry Ligtenberg, American baseball player
  • Kerry O'Brien (athlete), Australian middle-distance runner
  • Kerri Pottharst, Australian beach volleyball player
  • Kerry Reid, Australian tennis player
  • Kerri Strug, American gymnast
  • Kerry Von Erich, American wrestler
  • Kerri Walsh, American beach volleyball player
  • Kerry Wood, American baseball player
  • Kerry Joyce, South African gymnast, All Africa champion

    • Other fields

  • Kerri-Anne Kennerley, an Australian television presenter
  • Kerri Hoskins, a former glamour model
  • Kerri Kasem, an American radio and television host
  • Kerri Kendall, an American model and actress
  • Kerri Kenney-Silver, an American comedian, actress, singer and writer
  • Kerri Sakamoto, a Canadian novelist
  • Kerry Gammill, an American comic book artist
  • Kerry G. Johnson, graphic designer, caricature artist
  • Kerry Joyce, award-winning Los Angeles based interior designer and product designer
  • Kerry McCluggage, owner and president of Craftsman Films
  • Kerry Packer, Australian media magnate
  • Kerry Properties, a property developer in Hong Kong
  • Rosemary Forbes Kerry, one of eleven children of James Grant Forbes of the Protestant Forbes family of China and Boston

    • References

    Kerry (name) Wikipedia
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