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On this site it says Keri is a form of Kerry which means "cire's people." Is this to be interpreted literally or is it, like, a diminutive thing? Like ... I don't know exactly how to word what I'm asking LOL. Also I've heard somewhere that Kerry means "dark eyes." Is this true or no?
--Mel Finefrock
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Er ... Ciar's people, actually. It started off perfectly literally, but that was many centuries ago, so you won't find traces of a man called Ciar in county Kerry today, where he once lived with his followers. Kerry makes a convincing given name in English, close enough to Gerry and Kenny to look familiar, and benefiting from being both geographical and Irish.
As for the dark eyes, Ciar means Black, in the same way that Karageorge means Black George. Nothing to do with their morals or their skin ... just a dark-haired person originally. And therefore the original Karageorge and the original Ciar probably did have dark eyes as well. But ciar or kara just meant black or dark.
And the spelling is very modern, but that's what parents are doing nowadays: like Tracy becoming Traci or Trasi. They still pronounce Keri as if it had two Rs in the middle!
Hope that helps.
As for the dark eyes, Ciar means Black, in the same way that Karageorge means Black George. Nothing to do with their morals or their skin ... just a dark-haired person originally. And therefore the original Karageorge and the original Ciar probably did have dark eyes as well. But ciar or kara just meant black or dark.
And the spelling is very modern, but that's what parents are doing nowadays: like Tracy becoming Traci or Trasi. They still pronounce Keri as if it had two Rs in the middle!
Hope that helps.
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