Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗A northern English habitational surname from Old Norse derived from Old Norse kjarr (“brushwood”). · A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic, a variant of Kerr. · A surname from Irish, anglicized from Irish Ó Carra, Ó Cairre. · An Irish surname, a variant of Kilcar.
* As an English and Scottish surname, variant of Kerr. * As an Irish surname, from the root of the surname Keary, from ciar (“black”); compare Carey. * Also as an Irish surname, named after a priest Cathair (compare cathair (“fort”)) * Also as an Irish surname, from a personal name derived from corr (“pointed, projected point”).
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