Kellye

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables.

Babies a year
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no recent records
Rarity
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among names in use
US popularity
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outside the top 1000
UK popularity
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outside the ONS list

Kellye by the numbers

Its American peak was 145 babies in 1987, making it a 1980s name.

What we can tell you about Kellye

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 Kellye. 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)
  • Kelliebright-headed; a form of Kelly34 in the US (2017)
  • Kellynbright-headed; a respelling of Kelly30 in the US (2017)
  • Kellee5 in the US (2017)
  • Kelle
  • Kelsiefrom the narrow strait; a form of Kelsey176 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Kellye

Names that are said the same way as Kellye, 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)
  • Kellibright-headed; a spelling variant of Kelly30 in the US (2017)
  • Keily216 in the US (2017)
  • Keelie19 in the US (2017)
  • Keilly16 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Kellye

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