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Kelsey

  • /ˈkɛlsi/

Rhymes with -ɛlsi

Where it comes from

From Old English cēol (“ship”) + ieġ.

proper noun Kelseys

  1. countable, uncountable A habitational surname from Old English.
  2. countable, uncountable A female given name transferred from the surname, popular in the 1990s.
  3. countable, uncountable A male given name transferred from the surname.
  4. countable, uncountable A hamlet in Camrose County, Alberta, Canada.
  5. countable, uncountable A rural municipality (the Rural Municipality of Kelsey) in western Manitoba, Canada.
  6. countable, uncountable A locality south of Split Lake, Manitoba.
  7. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in El Dorado County, California, United States.
  8. countable, uncountable A ghost town in Belmont County, Ohio, United States.
  9. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Upshur County, Texas, United States.
  10. abbreviation, countable, ellipsis, uncountable Ellipsis of Mount Kelsey

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: hayes, mau, kendall, kettlewell, keston, kington, kenton, kensley, kinsley, wakeley, kinnersley, ketteringham, keighley, kendal, kersey, holcombe

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"Kelsey." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/kelsey. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Kelsey. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/kelsey

Chicago

"Kelsey." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/kelsey.

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@misc{kelsey_2026,
  title = {Kelsey},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/kelsey},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}