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Updated June 9, 2019

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Celtic : Father's dark child

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Family name origins & meanings

  • English : occupational name for a locksmith, Middle English keyere, kayer, an agent derivative of keye ‘key’ (from Old English cǣg).
  • Probably an Americanized form of German Kehr or Gehr.

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