Carey

Etymology

As a German surname, it is an Americanised form of Gehrig or Gehring. As a Welsh surname, it is a variant of Carew. As an English surname, it comes from placenames derived from Proto-Brythonic *karɨd (“to love”). As an Irish surname, it comes from mac Fhiachra (“descendant of Fiachra”), from préachán (“crow”); alternatively, as an Irish surname, it comes from the root of the name Kerry.