Kelsy
A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 21 babies a year in the US.
Kelsy by the numbers
Kelsy was given to 21 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 164 babies in 1992, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Kelsy
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 Kelsy. 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)
- Kelcy7 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)
- Kelleybright-headed or descended from Ceallach; a form of Kelly38 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Kelsy
Names that are said the same way as Kelsy, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Kelsy
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