Meaning and Origin of: Kell

Girl name origins & meanings

  • Scandinavian : Clear mountain spring

Girl name variations

Kelda
Kelley
Kelly
Kel

Boy name origins & meanings

  • English : From the spring
  • German : Swamp
  • Irish : Powerful

Boy name variations

Kellen
Kel
Kelen
Kelin
Keilan
Kellin
Kelly
Kelyn
Keler
Kelher
Kylher

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : from Middle High, Middle Low German kelle ‘trowel’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a maker or user of such tools.
  • German : habitational name from any of the places, especially in Rhineland, named Kell, from Middle Low German kel (a field name denoting swampy land), or from kelle ‘steep path’, ‘ravine’ (see Kelle).