Given name
Kerianne
“having black hair”
Kerianne is a variant of Kerry. One interpretation is “having black hair.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Kerianne is a variant of Kerry. One interpretation is “having black hair.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1968. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kerianne through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 790
- 0 boys · 790 girls
- Most popular year
- 1986
- 46 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2015. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 46 in 1986. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 820 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Kerianne’s family of names
Kerianne has a related form in Kerry.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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