Kelly
/ˈkɛli/ · name
Meaning
- A surname from Irish, Anglicised from the Irish Ó Ceallaigh.
- A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- A female given name transferred from the surname, popular from the 1960s to the 1990s.
- A placename
- A number of places in the United States:
- An unincorporated community in Nemaha County, Kansas.
- An unincorporated community in Christian County, Kentucky.
- An unincorporated community in Caldwell Parish, Louisiana.
- A census-designated place in Bladen County, North Carolina.
- A township in Union County, Pennsylvania.
- An unincorporated community in Collin County, Texas.
- Kelly green.
- A square or hexagonal pipe that is turned in order to rotate the rotary table of a drilling rig.
- A roly-poly (toy).
Etymology / origin
Borrowed from Irish Ó Ceallaigh. Doublet of Kellogg and Callahan.
- Ó Ceallaigh(Irish)→
- Kelly (English)
- Relations: bor
Related words
Descendant words
- Kelly(Dutch) (bor)
- Kelli(Estonian) (der)
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