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Meaning & Origins
North American: now usually taken as a pet form of Charles. It was originally a nickname, from an English term of endearment (as in Shakespeare's phrase ‘dearest chuck’), probably from Middle English chukken ‘to cluck’.
| 891st in the U.S. for 2011 |
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Ceallaigh ‘descendant of Ceallach’, an ancient Irish personal name, originally a byname meaning ‘bright-headed’, later understood as ‘frequenting churches’ (Irish ceall). There are several early Irish saints who bore this name. Kelly is now the most common of all Irish family names in Ireland.
| 68th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Charles, Char, Charlie, Chuckie, Chareles, Charl, Carl, Arles, Chucky, Karl
Kelley, Keller, Kellogg, Kelleher, Kellum, Kell, Kellar, Kellner, Kellam, Keel
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