Given name

Kealee

“a handsome man”

Kealee is a variant of Keely. One Irish interpretation is “a handsome man.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

Kealee is a variant of Keely. One Irish interpretation is “a handsome man.”

Explained through its name family

Where it comes from

Kealee is a variant of Keely. An origin associated with Keely is Irish.

Explained through its name family

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1997. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Kealee through the years

Babies since 1880
55
0 boys · 55 girls
Most popular year
1997
7 babies
2025
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Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
024620002025Highest share 19970.0
Kealee in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1997–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2013. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Kealee’s family of names

Kealee has a related form in Keely.

Walk Kealee’s family in the name graph

KealeeKeely

The ring: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Similar names

If you love Kealee, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Calle

“a free man”

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Kialey

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Hebrew · Modern

Kerena

“horn of eye-paint”

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Kanea

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Keyshauna

“filled with happiness”

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>99% girls

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Ketara

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Kasea

“a vigilant woman” · “a vigilant man; one who is alert”

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>99% girls

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Kededra

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>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Kealee’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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