Updated March 7, 2024

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Girl name origins & meanings

  • Irish : Lively; aggressive; beautiful
  • Gaelic : Beautiful and graceful

Girl name variations

Keely

Keely

+ 17% this year
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Kealy

Kealy

0 % this year
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Keel

Keel

0 % this year
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Keelan

Keelan

- 13% this year
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Keeler

Keeler

0 % this year
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Boy name origins & meanings

  • Irish : Handsome

Boy name variations

Kealey

Kealey

0 % this year
Masculine
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Kealy

Kealy

0 % this year
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Keelee

Keelee

0 % this year
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Keelie

Keelie

+ 38% this year
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Keely

Keely

+ 17% this year
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Keilie

Keilie

0 % this year
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How Popular Is The Name Keeley

Family name origins & meanings

  • Irish : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Caollaidhe ‘descendant of Caollaidhe’, a personal name based on caol ‘slender’, ‘graceful’.
  • English : variant of Keighley.
  • Americanized spelling of German Kühle, variant of Kühl (see Kuhl) or of Kühling (see Keeling).

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