Etymology

Carey

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Today it means: A hamlet in Ballingham parish and Little Dewchurch parish, Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO5631). Full definition →

Proto-Brythonic *karɨd
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  1. Proto-Brythonic · derived from*karɨd“to love”
  2. English todayCarey

* 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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