At a Glance: Name: Caer – Meaning: fortified city, fort – Origin: Welsh/Irish (place-name) – Gender: Girl – Pronunciation: KYRE
Caer is a Welsh/Irish (place-name) girl's name meaning “fortified city, fort”. It appears in 3 of our baby name lists.
Meaning & Origin of Caer
Meaning: Fortified city, fort.
Origin: Welsh/Irish (place-name).
A common claim: Sometimes glossed as 'loved one,' referencing the mythological swan-maiden Caer Ibormeith. Actually: There's no linguistic basis for 'loved one' — the name comes from the word for a fortified settlement, 'fort.'
Source: Wiktionary.
How to Pronounce Caer
Phonetic: KYRE
Popularity of Caer
Caer doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.
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