Given name & surname
Kele
“resembling a sparrow hawk”
Kele is used as a given name and a surname. One Native American interpretation is “resembling a sparrow hawk.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Native American interpretation is “resembling a sparrow hawk.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Native American.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1966. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kele through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 164
- 89 boys · 75 girls
- Most popular year
- 1999
- 18 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 7 in 2006. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 8 in 1994. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 361 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.
Kele’s family of names
In Greek usage, Kele as a surname is a transliteration of Κέλε.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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