Carey

• Cary

• As a German surname, Americanized from Gehrig, Gehring.
• As a Welsh surname, variant of Carew.
• As an English surname, from placenames derived from Proto-Brythonic *karɨd (“to love”).
• As an Irish surname, from mac Fhiachra (“descendant of Fiachra”), from préachán (“crow”).
• Also as an Irish surname, from the root of the name Kerry.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɛəɹi/
• (General American) enPR: kârʹē
  • (Mary–marry–merry distinction) IPA^(key): /ˈkɛɚ.i/
  • (Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /ˈkɛɹ.i/
• Rhymes: -ɛəɹi

Carey (countable and uncountable, plural Careys)

1. A placename
   1. A place in England, United Kingdom; Any of several place names in south-west England.
   2. Ellipsis of Carey Island.; An island in Nunavut, Canada, in the James Bay, off the coast of Quebec.
2. (countable) A surname.
   1. An English habitational surname from either of these placenames.
   2. A surname from Irish, anglicized from the Gaelic Ó Ciardha.
   3. A Celtic surname from Welsh, derived from Carew.
3. (countable) A unisex given name
   1. A male given name transferred from the surname.
   2. A female given name, variant of Cary.

• Cayer, Racey, craye