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Updated June 9, 2019

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Scandinavian : Serious

Boy name variations

Kerr

Kerr

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Karr

Karr

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Kerre

Kerre

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Family name origins & meanings

  • German : unexplained; perhaps of Slavic origin (see 2) or a shortened form of Kurrer, from an agent derivative of Middle High German kurren ‘to grunt’.
  • Perhaps an Americanized spelling of Polish Kur, nickname from kur ‘rooster’. See Kurek.

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