First name origin & meaning: Scandinavian: Ceol's island; beautiful island; from the ship's island; shipping harbor First name variations: Kelsi, Kelsie, Kelsy, Kelcie, Kelton, Kels, Kelsey Last name origins & meanings:
- Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): metronymic from the Yiddish female
personal name Keyle, of uncertain origin.
- Probably in
some cases of Scandinavian origin, an Americanized form of a
patronymic from the Old Norse personal name Ketill meaning
‘kettle’, ‘helmet’ (see for example Ketelsen).
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