Meanings
plural Kerrs
- countableuncountableA surname.
- countableuncountableA township in Champaign County, Illinois, United States.
- countableuncountableA census-designated place in Lake County, Montana, United States.
- countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Gallia County, Ohio, United States.
Origin
- Old Norsekjarr
- Middle Englishkerr“brushwood”
- EnglishKerr
* As an English and Scottish topographic surname for someone who lived by a patch of wet ground overgrown with brushwood, from Middle English kerr (“brushwood”), possibly related to Irish Gaelic ceàrr (“left-handed”) and/or Old Norse kjarr. * As an Irish surname, variant of Carr. * As a German surname, Americanized from Kehr. * As a Scottish Gaelic surname, from mac gille chéir (“son of the dusky laid”), from ciar (“black”).
More words from Middle English, Old Norse
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Chinese Mandarin 克爾 /克尔
- 克爾 /克尔 (Kè'ěr)surname
French Kerr
- Kerrsurname
Russian Керр
- Керрsurname
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Kerr
Cite this entry
Kerr. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kerr
“Kerr.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kerr. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Kerr,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kerr.
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