The Art of Literary Nomenclature

ORIGIN:
From a Scottish place name, meaning “rough, wet ground”. Lovely.

VARIATIONS and NICKNAMES:
Carr, Carre, Ker.

REFERENCES IN LITERATURE:
– Kerr is one of the names K. Le Moyne considers utilizing as his alias in K. by Mary Roberts Rinehart (1914).

Tagged: 1910s, English, K, Scottish