Kelyse

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Kelyse by the numbers

Kelyse was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 12 babies in 2006, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Kelyse

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 Kelyse. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Kelise27 in the US (2017)
  • Kalyse9 in the US (2017)
  • Kelseyisland of the ship; a place name799 in the US (2017)
  • Kelsiefrom the narrow strait; a form of Kelsey176 in the US (2017)
  • Kelsiship victory; a form of kelsey101 in the US (2017)
  • Kelseaship victory; a form of Kelsey92 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Kelyse

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

Names about as common as Kelyse

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