Updated May 24, 2023

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Girl name origins & meanings

  • Old English : River landing place
  • Scottish : Brave; ship island
  • Scandinavian : Ceol's island; beautiful island; from the ship's island; shipping harbor
  • Scottish : Brave; ship island

Girl name variations

Chelsea

Chelsea

- 9% this year
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Chelde

Chelde

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Chelsa

Chelsa

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Chelsee

Chelsee

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Chelseigh

Chelseigh

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Chelsi

Chelsi

- 17% this year
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Chalsie

Chalsie

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Chelsie

Chelsie

+ 67% this year
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Chellsie

Chellsie

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Chelsy

Chelsy

- 35% this year
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Chelsey

Chelsey

- 30% this year
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Kelsie

Kelsie

+ 23% this year
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Kelsy

Kelsy

+ 39% this year
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Kelcie

Kelcie

- 18% this year
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Kelcy

Kelcy

- 17% this year
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Kelsee

Kelsee

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Kellsey

Kellsey

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Kelsi

Kelsi

- 9% this year
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Kelson

Kelson

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Kelton

Kelton

- 41% this year
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Kels

Kels

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Boy name origins & meanings

  • Scandinavian : Island of ships
  • English : Island

Boy name variations

Kelsy

Kelsy

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Kelsie

Kelsie

+ 23% this year
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Kelse

Kelse

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Kelsi

Kelsi

- 9% this year
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Kelso

Kelso

+ 46% this year
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How Popular Is The Name Kelsey

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : habitational name from North or South Kelsey in Lincolnshire, so named from Cēol, an Old English personal name, or alternatively from an unattested Old Scandinavian word, kæl ‘wedge-shaped piece of land’, + ēg ‘island’, ‘area of dry land in a marsh’.
  • Possibly also an Americanized form of German Gelzer.
  • William Kelsey was one of the founders of Hartford, CT, (coming from Cambridge, MA, with Thomas Hooker) in 1635.

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