Keelie

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 19 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
19
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Keelie by the numbers

Keelie was given to 19 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 75 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Keelie

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Keelie. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Kelliebright-headed; a form of Kelly34 in the US (2017)
  • Keelinslender and fair; a form of Caolinn15 in the US (2017)
  • Kenlie21 in the US (2017)
  • Keeli13 in the US (2017)
  • Keylie13 in the US (2017)
  • Keelee8 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Keelie

Names that are said the same way as Keelie, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Kellybright-headed or warrior; from O Ceallaigh610 in the US (2017)
  • Keelybeautiful; a form of Keelia or Keeley79 in the US (2017)
  • Keylibright-headed; a modern respelling of Kelly66 in the US (2017)
  • Kellibright-headed; a spelling variant of Kelly30 in the US (2017)
  • Keily216 in the US (2017)
  • Keilly16 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Keelie

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