Carey.
A placename:
Meaning & usage
A placename: A hamlet in Ballingham parish and Little Dewchurch parish, Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO5631).
A placename: A place in the United States, including: An unincorporated community in Greene County, Georgia.
A placename: A place in the United States, including: A minor city in Blaine County, Idaho.
A placename: A place in the United States, including: A village in Crawford Township, Wyandot County, Ohio.
A placename: A place in the United States, including: An unincorporated community in Childress County, Texas.
A placename: A place in the United States, including: A town in Iron County, Wisconsin.
A placename: An island of Nunavut, Canada, in James Bay off the coast of Quebec; in full, Carey Island.
A surname. An English habitational surname from either of these placenames.
A surname. A surname from Irish, anglicized from the Gaelic Ó Ciardha.
A surname. A Celtic surname from Welsh, derived from Carew.
A unisex given name. A male given name transferred from the surname.
A unisex given name. A female given name, variant of Cary.
Where this word comes from
* As a German surname, Americanized from Gehrig, Gehring. * As a Welsh surname, variant of Carew. * As an English surname, from placenames derived from Proto-Brythonic *karɨd (“to love”). * As an Irish surname, from mac Fhiachra (“descendant of Fiachra”), from préachán (“crow”). * Also as an Irish surname, from the root of the name Kerry.
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