• Source: Karr (surname)

Karr is a Gaelic surname derived from the Old Norse Kjarr. The surname Carr and its variants date back to the Battle Abbey Roll from 1066 after the Anglo Norman invasion of William the Conqueror. The surname appears in the Old Norse genealogical section of the Flateyjarbók the largest medieval Icelandic manuscript. In Skáldskaparmál, Snorri Sturluson lists Kjarr as a descendant of Auði, the founder of the Ödling dynasty. In the Heimskringla by Snorri Sturluson, Valland is mentioned several times as the Old Norse name for Gaul. It was the country where Rollo carved out Normandy: Kjárr, usually a king of the Valir. Kíarr/Kjárr is generally recognized to stem from Latin Caesar. Early Scandinavian links with Gothic regions suggest it also could have come from Greek kaîsar, perhaps through Gothic Kaiser. The Scottish variant being Kerr and the Irish variant being Carr from the Celtic word ciar which was derived from O'Ciarain or O'Ceirin. The word car itself is an anglicized variation from the Gaulish word carros; a wheeled cart or chariot.




People with the surname


Barry Karr, executive director for Center for Inquiry
Benn Karr (1893–1968), pitcher in Major League Baseball
Bill Karr (1911–1979), American football end
Carmen Karr (1865–1943), Catalan feminist, journalist, writer, and musicologist
David Karr (1918–1979)
Gary Karr (born 1942), American classical double bass player and teacher
Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr (1808–1890), French critic, journalist and novelist
Jerry Karr (1936–2019), American farmer and politician
John Mark Karr, former suspect in the JonBenét Ramsey murder case
Mariana Karr (1949–2016), Argentine-Mexican actress
Mary Karr (born 1955), American poet and memoirist
Ron Karr, American speaker, marketing consultant and author




= Fictional

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Mike Karr, a character in The Edge of Night
Dr. Emerie Karr, a clone scientist in the second season of Star Wars: The Bad Batch




See also


KARR (disambiguation)
Karra (name)
Kerr (surname)
Carr (surname)
Kar (suffix)




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