Carey

  1. Proper noun.  Either of several place names in south-west England.
  2. Proper noun.  An English habitational surname from either of these placenames.
  3. Proper noun.  (surname, A An) , anglicized from the Gaelic ''Ó Ciardha''.
  4. Proper noun.  (surname, Celtic) , derived from Carew.
  5. Proper noun.  (given name, male) transferred from the surnames.
  6. Proper noun.  (given name, female) , usually a spelling variant of Cary.

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