Given name & surname
Kealey
“a handsome man”
Kealey is a variant of Keely. One Irish interpretation is “a handsome man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Kealey is a variant of Keely. One Irish interpretation is “a handsome man.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Kealey 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 1988. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kealey through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 381
- 0 boys · 381 girls
- Most popular year
- 1999
- 24 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 24 in 1999. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 418 as a first name in 2020; 810 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Kealey’s family of names
Kealey has a related form in Keely. In English usage, Kealey has a related form in Keeley.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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