Kelcy

A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 7 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
7
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Kelcy by the numbers

Kelcy was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 61 babies in 1993, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.

What we can tell you about Kelcy

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

  • Kelbyfrom the farm by the spring; dwelling by the spring42 in the US (2017)
  • Kelceyship victory or fierce warrior10 in the US (2017)
  • Kelsy21 in the US (2017)
  • Kely5 in the US (2017)
  • Kenleyroyal meadow; form of Kingsley385 in the US (2017)
  • Kerrydark-haired; from County Kerry87 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Kelcy

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

  • Kelsiefrom the narrow strait; a form of Kelsey176 in the US (2017)
  • Kelsiship victory; a form of kelsey101 in the US (2017)
  • Kelciefrom the narrow firth; variant of Kelsey25 in the US (2017)
  • Kelcibright-headed; a form of Kelsey14 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Kelcy

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