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Karry
How to Pronounce Karry
Pronounced KAIR-ee /ˈkɛr.i/Medium
Meaning: Karry is a phonetic respelling that sits between Kerry, from the Irish county name (Ciarraí, 'people of Ciar', ciar meaning 'dark'), and Gary, a mid-century boy's name from the Germanic element gar ('spear'). Both parents were fashionable when Karry appeared.Low
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
SSA data updated May 2026. How we source & verify this data.
History & Origin
Karry reads as a variant of Kerry, the Irish county whose name means roughly 'the people of Ciar' (ciar, 'dark'), and it also caught some of the mid-century wave of Gary. As a boy's name it is a phonetic, personalized form rather than a distinct traditional name.
It was always scarce — no more than a few dozen boys a year even at its 1960 high point, and it trailed off toward the end of the century. Karry never found a foothold the way Kerry and Gary did, and it remains a rare curiosity rather than a reviving name.
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What does the name Karry mean?
Karry echoes Kerry, from the Irish county name meaning 'people of Ciar' (dark), and the mid-century name Gary from a word for 'spear'.
How do you pronounce Karry?
It's said KAIR-ee /ˈkɛr.i/ — two syllables, stress on the first, like Kerry.
Is Karry a boy or girl name?
Karry is used here as a boy's name.
How popular is Karry?
Karry has always been very rare in the U.S., a scattered mid-century respelling of Kerry.