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Keri

girl name
Origin
Modern American
Syllables
2
Peak era
1970s
Today
▬ Steady

Meaning

a modern respelling of Kerry, from the Irish county name Kerry, Ciarrai, meaning people of Ciar

Popularity, 1890–2024

1890speak 1970s2020s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Keri peaked in the 1970s.

Names that fit alongside Keri

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A personal letter, not a list: where Keri truly comes from, how it traveled, its century in real records, and, if you have grown a tree on nametree, exactly how it reads against your family and your last name. Add a note and it is not just quoted back at you: it changes the texture of the analysis, what the letter weighs, what it examines, what it argues with.

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