Keilly

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 16 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
16
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Keilly by the numbers

Keilly was given to 16 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 48 babies in 2011, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Keilly

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 Keilly. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Kellybright-headed or warrior; from O Ceallaigh610 in the US (2017)
  • Keily216 in the US (2017)
  • Keiley9 in the US (2017)
  • Kenleyroyal meadow; form of Kingsley385 in the US (2017)
  • Kileyslender and fair; from the gaelic name kylie183 in the US (2017)
  • Keilacitadel, fortress; a form of Keilah138 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Keilly

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

  • Keelybeautiful; a form of Keelia or Keeley79 in the US (2017)
  • Keylibright-headed; a modern respelling of Kelly66 in the US (2017)
  • Kelliebright-headed; a form of Kelly34 in the US (2017)
  • Kellibright-headed; a spelling variant of Kelly30 in the US (2017)
  • Keelie19 in the US (2017)
  • Keeli13 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Keilly

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