Kellsey
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.
Kellsey by the numbers
Kellsey was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 38 babies in 1993, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Kellsey
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 Kellsey. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Kelseyisland of the ship; a place name799 in the US (2017)
- Kelleybright-headed or descended from Ceallach; a form of Kelly38 in the US (2017)
- Kellybright-headed or warrior; from O Ceallaigh610 in the US (2017)
- Kenleyroyal meadow; form of Kingsley385 in the US (2017)
- Kelseaship victory; a form of Kelsey92 in the US (2017)
- Keeleybeautiful; likely from O'Caolaidhe84 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Kellsey
Names that are said the same way as Kellsey, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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