Kerry orKerri is aunisexEnglish languagegiven name ofGaelic (Irish) origin.

In its original formCiarraighe (Ciarraí), it denotedthe kingdom of Ciar (ciar raighe), Ciar being the son ofFergus mac Róich,^[2] who gave his name toCounty Kerry.^[3] Ciarraighe was thus the name of the pre-Gaelic tribe who lived in the area of what is now County Kerry. However, branches of the Ciarraighe were all over Ireland:

• Ciarraige Luachra - in what is now northCounty Kerry andSliabh Luachra, both named after them.
• Ciarraige Cuirche - due south of what is nowCork City, inMunster.
• Ciarraige Áei - on the plains of centralCounty Roscommon, inConnacht.
• Ciarraighe Locha na nÁirne - in easternCounty Mayo inConnacht.
• Ciarraige Airtech - on Magh nAirtig (plain of Airtig, northwestCounty Roscommon, parish of Tibohine.
• Ciarraige Broengair - location uncertain. TheMúscraigeBreogain were found south-west ofCashel,Munster.
• Ciarraige Choinnend - location uncertain.
• Ciarraige Trimaige - location uncertain.
• Ciarraige Aidhne - inAidhne, now southCounty Galway,Connacht.

• Kerry Bishé, actress
• Kerry Fox (born 1966), New Zealand actress
• Kerry Godliman (born 1973), English actress and comedian
• Kerri Green, American actress
• Kerri Kasem, an American radio and television host
• Kerri Kendall, an American model and actress
• Kerri-Anne Kennerley, an Australian television presenter
• Kerri Kenney-Silver, an American comedian, actress, singer and writer
• Kerry LaiFatt, Canadian actress
• Kerry Rossall, American stuntman and actor
• Kerry Shale, Canadian actor, voice artist and writer
• Kerry Washington, American actress

• Kerry J. Donley (1956-2022), American politician
• Kerry Healey (born 1960), American politician, former Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts
• Kerry Underwood, member of theAlabama House of Representatives

• Kerry Alexander, lead singer of the Minnesota-based bandBad Bad Hats
• Kerri Chandler, producer of house music
• Kerry Ellis, an English singer and stage actress
• Kerry Katona, pop singer
• Kerry King, guitarist for thrash metal band Slayer
• Kerry Livgren, a founding member of the progressive rock band Kansas
• Kerry Marx, American guitarist and Music Director of the Grand Ole Opry
• Kerry McGregor (1974–2012), Scottish singer-songwriter and actress

• Kerry Blackshear Jr. (born 1997), American basketball player in theIsraeli Basketball Premier League
• Kerry Brown (wrestler), Canadian professional wrestler
• Kerri Buchberger, Canadian volleyball player
• Kerry Carpenter, American baseball player
• Kerry Collins, American football player
• Kerri Gallagher (born 1989), American middle-distance runner
• Kerry Joyce, South African gymnast, All-Africa champion
• Kerry Kittles, American basketball player
• Kerry Ligtenberg, American baseball player
• Kerry O'Brien (athlete), Australian middle-distance runner
• Kerri Pottharst, Australian beach volleyball player
• Kerry Reid, Australian tennis player
• Kerri Strug, American gymnast
• Kerry Von Erich, American professional wrestler
• Kerri Walsh, American beach volleyball player
• Kerry Wood, American baseball player

• Kerry Gammill, American comic book artist
• Kerri Greenidge, American historian and academic
• Kerri Hoskins, former glamour model
• Kerrie Hughes, New Zealand fashion designer
• Kerry G. Johnson, graphic designer, caricature artist
• Kerry Joyce, American interior designer and product designer
• Kerry McCluggage, owner and president of Craftsman Films
• Kerry Mitchell, American artist
• Kerry Packer, Australian media magnate
• Kerri Sakamoto, Canadian novelist

• Alexandra Kerry, (born 1973), American filmmaker
• Cameron Kerry, born 1950), son of Richard John Kerry, American politician
• Charles Kerry, (1857–1928), photographer
• John Kerry, (born 1943), United States politician and formersecretary of state, son ofRichard John Kerry
• Matilda Kerry, Nigerian physician
• Richard John Kerry, (1915 –2000), American Foreign Service officer and lawyer
• Rosemary Forbes Kerry, one of 11 children of James Grant Forbes of the Forbes family, wife of Richard John Kerry
• Vanessa Kerry, (born 1976), American physician and health care administrator

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