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Carrie vs Kerry - What's the difference?

carrie | kerry |

As proper nouns the difference between carrie and kerry

is that carrie is a pet form of Caroline, also used as a formal female given name while Kerry is a county in the Republic of Ireland.

As a verb carrie

is obsolete spelling of lang=en.

carrie

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • A pet form of Caroline, also used as a formal female given name.

    • Anagrams

    * * English diminutives of female given names

    kerry

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A county in the Republic of Ireland.
  • derived from the place name, or from the (etyl) given name Kendrick.
  • transferred from the surname or the place name.
  • (female), originally of Australian usage, also spelled Keri, Kerri and Kerrie.

    • Quotations

    * 1845 , The O' Donoghue: A Tale of Ireland Fifty Years Ago , W. Curry 1845, page 26: *: Kerry O'Leary - for so was he called to distinguish him from those of the name in the adjoining county - soon made his appearance in the court-yard beneath. * 2004 , "Hustling Hustings", February 25, 2004: *: A ticket of John Kerry' and John Edwards with, effectively, four first names, would send the wrong message to the world. Also no candidate has ever been elected president, with a girl's name like "' Kerry " for a "surname".