Kerri is the English-American spelling variant of the Irish *Ciara* — feminine of *Ciar* ("dark, black, dusky") — also the name of the southwestern Irish county Kerry. **A top-200 US baby name from 1968 to 1994**. **Kerri Walsh Jennings (born 1978)** — **American beach volleyball player; three-time Olympic gold medalist (Athens 2004, Beijing 2008, London 2012) with partner Misty May-Treanor — the only Olympic beach volleyball partnership ever to win three consecutive gold medals; bronze at Rio 2016 with April Ross**. **The longest unbeaten run in Olympic beach volleyball history (21 consecutive Olympic match victories over three Games)**. **Tokyo 2020 Olympic team alternate at age 42 (her 5th Olympics consideration)**. **Founded p1440 ("Play 1440 minutes a day") with husband Casey Jennings — a beach volleyball lifestyle company**. **Kerri Strug (born 1977)** — American gymnast; her 1996 vault on an injured ankle clinched the US team gold at Atlanta. **Kerri Russell** is *Keri* (different spelling).
Subject of countless Olympic-beach-volleyball histories.
Kerri reduces to five — the number of three Olympic golds.