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Updated June 9, 2019

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Irish : Victorious people

Boy name variations

Caelan

Caelan

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Cailean

Cailean

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Cailin

Cailin

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Caelen

Caelen

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Calan

Calan

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How Popular Is The Name Caley

Family name origins & meanings

  • English (of Norman origin) : habitational name from places in Eure and Seine-Maritime, France, called Cailly, from a Romano-Gallic personal name Callius + the locative suffix -acum.
  • English : habitational name from a minor place called Caley in the parish of Winwick, Lancashire, named with Old English ‘jackdaw’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.
  • Irish : reduced and altered form of McCauley.
  • Manx : variant of Callow.

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