| Origin: | From a Old Irish word for church, monastery | Tools: Add to favorites Generate:
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| Name info: About the name Kelly in particular | | Gender: | male |
| Languages of use: | English, Irish |
| Topics: | Male and female |
| US 2021 rank: | not in the Top 1000; other popularity lists see below |
| Similarly written: | Kelly, Elly, Keely, Keily, Kelby, Kelley, Kelli, Nelly, Ally, Bella Details |
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| Group info: About Kelly/Kelly, the group of names with the same origin as Kelly | | Language of origin: | Old Irish |
| Info about origin, female: | from an Irish male given name Ceallach or Ceallagh, whose meaning is not known for sure |
| | today mostly used as a female given name |
| Words: | ceall = the church, the monastery Old Irish |
| Topics: | Words |
| Variants' top ranks: | 14:Kelly USA 1970-1979, 91:Kellie Ireland 2001, 123:Kelly USA 1960-1969, 138:Kelli USA 1970-1979, 279:Kelley USA 1980-1989 |
| Old/original forms: | Ceallagh Old Irish, Ceallagh Old Irish |
| Name variants: | Kelley, Kelli, Kellie, Kelly, Kelly Sortable list Details |
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| Popularity: Popularity lists that contain the name Kelly | | Series | Graph | Rankings |
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| USA decades | Graph | 1990-1999 476, 1980-1989 250, 1970-1979 153, 1960-1969 123 |
| USA yearly | Graph | 2002 884, 2001 901, 2000 800, 1999 786, 1998 699, 1997 616, 1996 550, 1995 532, 1994 513, 1993 455 |
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