Kelton

A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning settlement by the spring; a form of Kelton.

Babies a year
104
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Kelton by the numbers

Kelton was given to 104 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 226 babies in 2002, making it a 2000s name.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Kelton. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Koltoncoal settlement; a form of Colton679 in the US (2017)
  • Keatonfrom Keaton, settlement where hawks fly496 in the US (2017)
  • Kentonsettlement of the keen or royal estate133 in the US (2017)
  • Kelson37 in the US (2017)
  • Keston28 in the US (2017)
  • Keeton16 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Kelton

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

Other names that mean water

Like Kelton, each of these has water in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Maxwellgreat spring; place name3,118 in the US (2017)
  • Riverflowing water; nature name3,114 in the US (2017)
  • Brooksof the small stream1,938 in the US (2017)
  • Beckettbee keeper or stream; a surname used as a given name1,763 in the US (2017)
  • Beckhamhomestead with a stream1,280 in the US (2017)
  • Wadeto go or ford across water899 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Kelton

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