Given name & surname
Kez
“having black hair”
In English use, Kez is a diminutive of Kerry. One interpretation is “having black hair.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Kez is a diminutive of Kerry. One interpretation is “having black hair.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Kez is a diminutive of Kerry. Kerry has more than one origin: as an English surname, it comes from Old Norse Kári; as an Irish surname, it goes back to a word meaning “descendant of Ciardha”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In English usage, Kez is a diminutive of Kerry.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1994. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kez through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 10
- 10 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1994
- 5 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 boys is 5 in 2012. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Kez’s family of names
In English usage, Kez is a diminutive of Kerry.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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