Meaning & origin
What it means
Kellam is a form of Kelham. Kelham probably goes back to Old Norse kiǫlr, meaning “keel, ridge.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Kellam is a form of Kelham. Kelham probably comes from Old Norse.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1981. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kellam through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 30
- 30 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2014
- 7 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 7 in 2014. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 114 as a first name in 2020; 3,916 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.
Kellam’s family of names
In English usage, Kellam has a related form in KELHAM.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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