Kessley
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.
Kessley by the numbers
Kessley was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 8 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Kessley
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 Kessley. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Kensleyfrom the king's meadow; a modern respelling of Kinsley657 in the US (2017)
- Kesley10 in the US (2017)
- Kinsleyfrom the king's meadow; an English place name used as given name4,048 in the US (2017)
- Kelseyisland of the ship; a place name799 in the US (2017)
- Kenleyroyal meadow; form of Kingsley385 in the US (2017)
- Keeleybeautiful; likely from O'Caolaidhe84 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Kessley
Names that are said the same way as Kessley, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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