Carey

As a German surname, Americanized from Gehrig, Gehring.

As a Welsh surname, variant of Carew.

As an English surname, from placenames derived from Proto-Brythonic *karɨd (“to love”).

As an Irish surname, from mac Fhiachra (“descendant of Fiachra”), from préachán (“crow”).

Also as an Irish surname, from the root of the name Kerry.