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English word origin

Etymology of Ker

* As an English and Scottish surname, variant of Carr. * As a Hungarian surname, from Kér, name of a medieval Magyar tribe. * As a Chinese surname, romanized from 寇 (kòu); compare Kou. * Also as a Chinese surname, from 柯

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Unnumbered source etymology

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name

Initialism of Kerala

name

A surname.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

* As an English and Scottish surname, variant of Carr. * As a Hungarian surname, from Kér, name of a medieval Magyar tribe. * As a Chinese surname, romanized from 寇 (kòu); compare Kou. * Also as a Chinese surname, from 柯 (kē) (compare Ke) and 葛 (compare Ge). * Also as a Chinese surname, from 郭 (guō), compare Guo.

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Raw extraction fields are retained for auditing. Their order does not establish ancestry.

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