Entry № 1275 · Irish origin

Kerri Kerri — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ KAIR-ee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Irish
Meaning
"Dark / dusky (Kerri Walsh Jennings, 3-time Olympic gold beach volleyball)"
Syllables
2
Rank · US 2025
№ 0
First recorded
Modern (Irish)

A name that means "dark / dusky (kerri walsh jennings, 3-time olympic gold beach volleyball)".

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.

Dark. Only Olympic beach volleyball partnership ever to win three consecutive gold medals (2004-2008-2012).

The name in its native script.

Kerri
Transliteration
Kerri
Pronunciation
/ ˈkɛr.i /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Kerri stands.

Current rank · 2025
№ 0 in the U.S.
All-time peak
№ 175 in 1980
Babies named Kerri · last year
95 in the U.S.
First entered SSA top-1000
1962
Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular
№25 №75 №150 №250 1995 2005 2015 2020 2025 PEAK · #175 NOW · —

Kerris before her.

Real people
Kerri Walsh Jennings
American Olympic beach volleyball.
born 1978
Kerri Strug
American gymnast.
born 1977
In fiction
Kerri
Various American TV.

Names connected to Kerri.

The number behind Kerri.

5

The Free Spirit

Kerri reduces to five — the number of three Olympic golds.

Why families chose this name.

"Walsh's dark. Five letters. Kerri."
Aoife · Mother of one · Saratoga