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Girl name origins & meanings

  • Scandinavian: Clear mountain spring
  • Irish: Church; warrior; wood; holly; farm by the spring

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Girl name variations

Kelda

Kelda

0 % this year
Feminine
Rare
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Kelley

Kelley

- 26% this year
Neutral
Rare
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Kel

Kel

0 % this year
Neutral
Rare
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Kell

Kell

0 % this year
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Rare
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Kelli

Kelli

+ 5% this year
Feminine
Rare
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Kellie

Kellie

- 26% this year
Neutral
Rare
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Boy name origins & meanings

  • German: Swamp
  • Irish: Powerful
  • Irish: Warrior

Boy name variations

Kellen

Kellen

+ 10% this year
Neutral
Rare
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Kel

Kel

0 % this year
Neutral
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Kelen

Kelen

+ 14% this year
Masculine
Rare
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Kelin

Kelin

- 44% this year
Masculine
Rare
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Kell

Kell

0 % this year
Neutral
Rare
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Keilan

Keilan

+ 52% this year
Masculine
Rare
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Kellin

Kellin

- 22% this year
Masculine
Rare
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Kelyn

Kelyn

- 29% this year
Masculine
Rare
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Keler

Keler

0 % this year
Masculine
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Kelher

Kelher

0 % this year
Masculine
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Kylher

Kylher

0 % this year
Masculine
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Kellie

Kellie

- 26% this year
Neutral
Rare
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Kelley

Kelley

- 26% this year
Neutral
Rare
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How Popular Is The Name Kelly

Family name origins & meanings

  • Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Ceallaigh ‘descendant of Ceallach’, an ancient Irish personal name, originally a byname meaning ‘bright-headed’, later understood as ‘frequenting churches’ (Irish ceall). There are several early Irish saints who bore this name. Kelly is now the most common of all Irish family names in Ireland.

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