Given name & surname
Kelii
“the chief”
Kelii is used as a given name and a surname. One Hawaiian interpretation is “the chief.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hawaiian interpretation is “the chief.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hawaiian.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1973. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kelii through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 261
- 261 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1990
- 14 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 boys is 6 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 14 in 1990. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 283 as a first name in 2020; 260 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.
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