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Where does “Kerry” come from?
Kerry (Tagalog) comes from English Kerry, from Old Norse Kári, from Old Norse kárr — curly-haired.
Ancestry of “Kerry”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
English
Kerry
An animal belonging to a rare breed of dairy...
2
Old Norse
Kári
wind
3
Old Norse
kárr
curly-haired
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