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Meaning & Origins
Originally an Anglicized form of the ancient Irish male name Ceallach. It is now very widely used in the English-speaking world, mainly as a girl's name. This is a transferred use of the surname Ó Ceallaigh ‘descendant of Ceallach’.
| 70th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Norwegian: habitational name from a farmstead in Trøndelag, so named from a river name derived from a word meaning ‘hollow’, ‘gorge’.
| 56,415th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Kelli, Kelley, Kellie, Kellye, Kellee, Kelle, Kell, Kella, Kellea, Kelll
Forrest, Forrester, Ferrin, Farren, Forry, Ferron, Forrer, Forrey, Ferren, Ferran
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