Given name & surname

Clery

“descendant of the cleric”

Clery is a surname from Irish.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Clery is a form of Cleary. Cleary goes back to Irish Ó Cléirigh, meaning “descendant of the cleric.”

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Where it comes from

Clery is a form of Cleary. Cleary comes from Irish.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Clery’s family of names

In English usage, Clery as a surname has a related form in Cleary.

Walk Clery’s family in the name graph

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Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.

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Nicknames & forms 2

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Similar names

If you love Clery, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Irish

Mccleery

“son of the cleric”

No U.S. birth series

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Irish

Mcclary

“son of the cleric”

No U.S. birth series

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Irish

Mcsherry

“son of Searrach”

No U.S. birth series

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Irish

Mcglory

“son of Labhraidh”

No U.S. birth series

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Irish

Creely

“son of Raghailleach”

No U.S. birth series

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Irish

Creevy

“descendant of Craobhach”

No U.S. birth series

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Gaelic

Mcgarry

“son of Fhearadhach”

No U.S. birth series

67% boys · 33% girls

Irish

Mccarry

“son of Fiachra”

No U.S. birth series

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Clery’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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