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Boy Names Starting with Kel-

Kel- baby names and what they mean, with 14 results. Kel- names are used more often as masculine names. These boy names were at the top of their popularity in the 1960s (ADOPTION OF 0.22%) and have become much less conventional since (ADOPTION 0.08%, 65%), with names such as Kelvin becoming less trendy. Kelty (TOP 10%) and Keltz (19%) are conventional Kel- last names.

Kel- names

Kelan - Kelvis

Kelan

Kelan1
Var. of Keelan. Source fr. Irish, Gaelic word. "Slender." Keylan is also a moderately popular kid's name. See also Kylen.

Kelby and variants

Kelby1, var. Kellby, Kelbie, Kelbey
Derivative of Old Norse element. "Farm near the spring." Kelby (TOP 66%), comparable to Korby (TOP 35%), Kilby (5%), is a common -by suffix last name.

Kelby2
Var. of Kolby. "Dark, dark-haired." Kelby is generally used as a birth name among the variant forms of Kolby. Unisex name. See also Colby.

Keld
Var. of Kettil. Origin fr. Swedish word. "Cauldron." Keld was not a Top birth name in 2018.

Kell
Root fr. Old Norse. "Spring." Kell, like the similar-sounding Kelle, exists more often as a surname. See also Kelley.

Kellagh, var. Kellach
Source fr. Irish, Gaelic word. "Battle, strife, warfare." Kalagh and Kealagh are creative forms.

Kellen

Kellen1
Var. of Kaelan. Derivative of Gaelic word. Meaning uncertain. Unisex name. Adoption of Kellen as a birth name in 2018 was down 38% compared to 10 years ago.

Kellen and variants

Kellen2, var. Kellin, Kelle, Kellan, Kelden, Kelan2
Derived fr. Gaelic element. "Slender." Adoption of Kellen, Kelden, etc. as boys' names in 2018 was 13.4% less than a year ago.

Keller

Keller
Derivative of Old German language. "Cellar." Adoption of Keller as a baby name in 2018 was down 11.9% compared to a year ago. See also Kelley.

Kelly and variants

Kelly, var. Kelley
Source fr. Irish, Gaelic word. "Strife, war." Kelly and Kelley became less popular in 2018, falling -106 positions as boys' names with Kelly dropping the most.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Kel- names: Kelan, Kelby, Kellan, Kellen, Keller

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Kel- names: Kelley, Kellin, Kelly, Kelsey, Kelton, Kelvin

Kelsey and variants

Kelsey, var. Kelsy, Kelsie
Root fr. Old English language. Place name referring to "island" .. Kelsie and Kelsy are more rarefied as baby names among the forms of Kelsey.

Kelton and variants

Kelton, var. Keltonn, Keltin, Kelten, Kellton, Kelltin, Keldon
Source fr. Old English element. "Town of the keels." Adoption of Kelton and variants as baby names in 2018 was down 55.1% compared to a decade ago.

Kelvin and variants

Kelvin, var. Kelwyn, Kelwinn, Kelwin, Kelvyn, Kelvon, Kelvan, Kelven, Kellven
From English language. "Friend of ships." Kellven, Kelvan, Kelven, Kelvon and Kelvyn are more novel as baby names among the variations of Kelvin.

Kelvis, var. Kelvys, Kelviss, Kellvis
Modern name .. Unusual as children's names, but Kelvis, Kellvis, etc. are comparable to the more conventional Kelvin.

Quick Reference

Summary Index of names [and variants] for Kel- names for boys.

1. Kelan - Kelvis
Keelan [Kelan], Kelby [Kellby, Kelbie, Kelbey], Kolby [Kelby], Kettil [Keld], Kell, Kellagh [Kellach], Kaelan [Kellen], Kellen [Kelle, Kelan, Kellin, Kellan, Kelden], Keller, Kelly [Kelley], Kelsey [Kelsy, Kelsie], Kelton [Keltin, Kelten, Keldon, Keltonn, Kellton, Kelltin], Kelvin [Kelwyn, Kelwin, Kelvyn, Kelvon, Kelven, Kelvan, Kelwinn, Kellven], Kelvis [Kelvys, Kelviss, Kellvis]

Usage comparison for Kel- names

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