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The first name 
Kerry

Kerry is a first name for all genders. The name is given about equally often as boys and girls name.

Kerry – well-known but still special!

Few children have been named Kerry in recent years. Although it is used several times each year, only approximately 2 out of 100,000 children are currently called Kerry. Whether you’re a boy or a girl, you will most likely be the only person with the special name Kerry at your school. In our SmartGenius ranking, Kerry is number *** on the list of most common first names.

You won't believe all there is 
to discover about the name
 
Kerry

Kerry has 5 letters 
and begins with a K

Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter K is a quite popular first letter for given names. That’s because 7.7% of all common first names in the US begin with this letter. Only the initial letters A and J are more common for first names.

With five letters, the name Kerry is comparatively short. In fact, 17.0% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly five letters. Only 7% of all first names are even shorter, while 75% have more than five letters. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long. There are no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.

Therefore: As 7.7% of all first names start with a K, this initial letter occurs more than twice as often as all 26 letters on average.

Other names with 
K, e, r, r and y

If you take all the letters in the name Kerry – K, e, r, r and y – and put them together again, you can form another name, such as Ryker.

With hands, flags and sounds 
How to say Kerry

If your name is Kerry and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...

This is how you spell the name Kerry

So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Kerry, you can simply say:

Koala

Elephant

Rocket

Rocket

Yoyo

This is how the name Kerry is spelled in the NATO phonetic alphabet

The NATO alphabet often helps people spell words on the phone or radio when there are communication problems.

How do you write Kerry in Braille?

Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.

Kerry

Kerry

You want to tell a deaf person that your name is Kerry

Just use American Sign Language!

The name Kerry is particularly colorful in the Semaphore flag signaling system!

These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.

K
E
R
R
Y

Have you ever waved the name Kerry

In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.

K
E
R
R
Y

Beeping like crazy...

In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Kerry sounds like this: