Kely
A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.
Kely by the numbers
Kely was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 12 babies in 2008, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Kely
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 Kely. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Kely
Names that are said the same way as Kely, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Kellybright-headed or warrior; from O Ceallaigh610 in the US (2017)
- Keelybeautiful; a form of Keelia or Keeley79 in the US (2017)
- Keylibright-headed; a modern respelling of Kelly66 in the US (2017)
- Kelliebright-headed; a form of Kelly34 in the US (2017)
- Kellibright-headed; a spelling variant of Kelly30 in the US (2017)
- Keily216 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Kely
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