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Kelly¹
- /ˈkɛli/
Rhymes with -ɛli
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Irish Ó Ceallaigh. Doublet of Kellogg and Callahan.
proper noun Kellies · Kellys · Kelley · Kelli · Kellie
- A surname from Irish, Anglicised from the Irish Ó Ceallaigh. A better and more straightforward appeal, though less cool, was made to him by Hugh Kelly, - - - The play was so successful, and Garrick said so much of it that Lord Pembroke was eager to be back from Paris to see it, though he said, with true aristocratic pride, that he could expect very little fro
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- A female given name transferred from the surname, popular from the 1960s to the 1990s. On the walls of the salon are blown-up photos of models with dazzling teeth and ingeniously tousled hair - women with names like Kelly and Dawn, who come from tiny towns in Texas and Washington, who are tall and thin, and who don't appear to be burdened by any pasts to speak of.
- An unincorporated community in Nemaha County, Kansas.
- An unincorporated community in Christian County, Kentucky.
- An unincorporated community in Caldwell Parish, Louisiana.
- A census-designated place in Bladen County, North Carolina.
- An unincorporated community in Grand Forks County, North Dakota.
- A township in Union County, Pennsylvania.
- An unincorporated community in Collin County, Texas.
- An unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia.
- A town in Bayfield County, Wisconsin.
- An unincorporated community in the town of Clearfield, Juneau County, Wisconsin.
- A census-designated place in Teton County, Wyoming.
- A small village and civil parish (without a council) in West Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX3981).
- A locality on the Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, Australia.
noun Kelley · Kelli · Kellie
- Kelly green. ([…] something special in Kelly or red), whose narrow shawl collar has a slight V in back and knots at the throat in front.
kelly²
noun kellies
- A square or hexagonal pipe that is turned in order to rotate the rotary table of a drilling rig.
- A roly-poly (toy). Tumblers, tilters and kellys are those toys which have a circular base with a weighted end. They sway to and fro and are not knocked completely over. They derive from the East and have various names, but most represent stability in some form or another.
kelly³
Where it comes from
See kelly green.
noun
- Kelly green. Today there is no color or fabric that is out for girl or teen chubbies. Plaids, big, bold block designs, dark or light grounds, heavy textured wools, fleeces and brilliant colors of red, kelly or green, odd or off shades of rust, lavender, and other colors in the fashion cycle are now adapted in de
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: kelley, fitzmaurice, ronald, kayleigh, kel, kylie, catherine, julia, kiley, kay, kell, kai, det, look, detective, bushing
Translations
Talk about this word "kelly." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/kelly. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. kelly. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/kelly "kelly." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/kelly.Cite this
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title = {kelly},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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