Keely
A girls’ name of Irish origin, meaning beautiful; a form of Keelia or Keeley.
Babies a year
79
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Keely by the numbers
Keely was given to 79 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 555 babies in 1997, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Keely. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Keely
Names that are said the same way as Keely, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean beauty
Like Keely, each of these has beauty in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Laylanight, dark beauty6,283 in the US (2017)
- Bellabeautiful; a diminutive of Isabella4,616 in the US (2017)
- Finleyfair-haired warrior1,733 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mackenzieson of the fair one; surname used as given name2,976 in the US (2017)
- Jadejade stone; symbol of virtue and beauty2,765 in the US (2017)
- Annabellegrace and beauty combined form2,601 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Keely
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