Meaning and background
The story behind Kemar
Kemar has a documented football namesake in Jamaican defender Kemar Lawrence. Major League Soccer's reporting follows his move from Harbour View to the New York Red Bulls and his later transfer to Anderlecht. The club's own announcement identifies him as a left back and a Jamaica international. Those sources provide a concrete sporting association for a dog name. They establish the player's use of Kemar, while offering no specialist account of the given name's derivation.
- Association
- Kemar Lawrence is a Jamaican international football defender associated with Harbour View, the New York Red Bulls, and Anderlecht. Source · Source 2
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Recorded as a dog’s name
Kemar appears in 3 dog licence records in the 2022 New York City dataset.
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Sources and research notes (1)
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene NYC Dog Licensing Dataset — all seven available extract years, retrieved 24 October 2026 — Recorded name spellings in NYC licence-period rows, extract years 2016–2018, 2022–2024 and 2026. Evidence selects one stated year per name. Annual snapshots overlap; never sum them as unique dogs. No national popularity, etymology or owner naming-intent claim.
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