Home > Keri

Keri

What does Keri mean?

Keri Pronunciation of Keri as a name for girls is a Welsh name, and the name Keri means "fair, blessed poetry; black". Keri is a version of Ceri (Welsh): diminutive of Ceridwen and Cerise. Keri is also a variation of Kerry (Irish, Gaelic): from the male name Ciaran.

STARTS WITH Ke-

ASSOCIATED WITH fair (beautiful), blessed, poetry (literary), black

Variations

VARIANTS Kerrie, Kerria, Kerri, Kerrey, Kerra, Keree, Kera, Kara

ALTERNATIVE FORMS VIA CERI, KERRY Cerian, Keriana, Keriann, Kerilyn, Kerrin

CREATIVE FORMS
(female)

(male)


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Keri Farrah (K.F.), ..

How popular is Keri?

Keri is a very popular first name for women (#629 out of 4276, Top 15%) and also a very popular last name for all people (#73412 out of 150436, Top 49%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)

Keri entered the list in 1950-1959 and reached its peak position of #214 in the U.S. during the years 1970-1979, but is not listed at the moment. (TOP BABY NAMES, 2018)

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Keri name in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Keri outside U.S.

Which version is better?

Popular variation forms of Keri are Kara (#500 IN 2018), Kera, Kerri, Kerrie and Kerry. These relations of Keri were popular as baby names 5 decades ago (MEDIAN #543) and have become significantly less conventional since.



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Keri, Kara, Kera, Kerri, Kerrie, Kerry in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Kara, Kerry outside U.S.

Similar Names

Keri is pronounced similarly to Cari, Carri, Cora, Corie, Corri, Cory, Karah, Karee, Karie, Karra, Karrie, Kary, Keera, Keira, Kiara, Kira, Kiri, Kiriah, Kirra, Koree, Korey, Korry, Kyra, Kyrha and Kyrra. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Airi, Berri, Dari, Dori, Eleri, Geri, Gerri, Jeri, Jerri, Kai, Kami, Karin, Kati, Kecia, Keeli, Keiki, Kelli, Kelsi, Kena, Kendri, Keni, Kenia, Keren, Kerin, Kerith, Kerril, Kesia, Keva, Kezia, Kiki, Kimi, Kirsi, Klari, Koemi, Kore, Korin, Kris, Lari, Liri, Lori, Mari, Merri, Miri, Peri, Perri, Sheri, Siri, Suri, Teri and Terri. These names tend to be less frequently used than Keri.

See names
in meaning and etymology.


[Top]