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What does Kelli mean?
Kelli 
▼ as a girls' name. The meaning of the name Kelli is "strife, war". Kelli is a version of Kelly (Irish, Gaelic): transferred use of the surname.
ASSOCIATED WITH strife (battle)
Variations
VARIANTS Kellye, Kellie▼, Kelley▼, Kelleigh, Kellee
RELATED FORMS VIA KELLY Kelleen, Kellina
CREATIVE FORMS(female) Khli, ..
(male) Kelji, ..
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Kelli Zadie (K.Z.), ..
How popular is Kelli?
Kelli is a very prominent first name for females (#366 out of 4276, Top 9%) but an unusual surname for all people. (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Kelli was first listed in 1950-1959 and reached its highest rank of #138 in the U.S. during 1970-1979, but is not in the list currently. (TOP 2000 NAMES, 2018)
Which version is better?
Prominent variation forms of Kelli are Kelly (#618 IN 2018), Kellee, Kelley, Kellie and Kellye. Usage of these relations of Kelli was common during 1970-1979 (USAGE OF 1.19%) and has become much lower since (USAGE 0.03%, DOWN 97.6%), with forms like Kelly going out of style.
Similar Names
Kelli▼ is pronounced similarly to Calla, Calli, Collie, Colly, Kaelah, Kaelee, Kaelie, Kahla, Kalea, Kalei, Kali▲, Kalie▼, Kalla, Kalli▼, Kally, Kaylie▼, Kaylla, Kealey, Keelia, Keyla▲, Keyley, Keylie, Keylley, Kilee and Kylie. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Ailli, Alli▼, Billi, Ceili, Celli, Chelli, Delli, Dilli, Dolli, Elli, Halli, Holli▼, Jilli, Kalle, Karli▼, Keelin, Keiki, Kelby, Kelcie▼, Kelcy, Kelda, Kelila, Kellan, Kellbie (see Kelby), Kellda (see Kelda), Kellen, Kellsie, Kellyn, Kelpie, Kelsa, Kelsi▼, Kelsie▼, Kelsy, Kelula, Keni, Keri▼, Kerri▼, Lesli, Lilli, Melli, Milli, Molli, Nelli, Polli, Salli, Shelli▼, Tekli, Tilli, Ulli and Valli. These names tend to be less frequently used than Kelli.
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