Kerr
[kɛr]Meaning
from a Scots surname meaning "thicket, marsh", ultimately from Old Norse kjarr
Background Story
Kerr is a Scots surname derived from a word meaning "thicket, marsh", ultimately from Old Norse kjarr. It is a topographic name for someone who lived by a marsh or swampy woodland, from Middle English kerr, "brushwood wet ground". Kerr is also recorded as a given name.
