Given name
Kealie
“a handsome man”
Kealie is a variant of Keely. One Irish interpretation is “a handsome man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Kealie is a variant of Keely. One Irish interpretation is “a handsome man.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Kealie 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
Kealie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 83
- 0 boys · 83 girls
- Most popular year
- 2009
- 15 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 2011. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 15 in 2009. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 132 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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