Given name & surname
Kelle
“a slender, beautiful, and powerful woman”·“one who is slender”·“from the swamp”
Kelle is a variant of Kellen. Interpretations include “a slender, beautiful, and powerful woman”, “one who is slender”, and “from the swamp”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts. Kelle is a variant of Kell. One interpretation is “from the spring.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Kelle is a variant of Kellen. Interpretations include “a slender, beautiful, and powerful woman”, “one who is slender”, and “from the swamp”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts. Kelle is a variant of Kell. One interpretation is “from the spring.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Kelle is a variant of Kellen. An origin associated with Kellen is German.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1950. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kelle through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,345
- 43 boys · 2,302 girls
- Most popular year
- 1962
- 100 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 5 in 2003. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 100 in 1962. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,320 as a first name in 2020; 339 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.
Kelle’s family of names
Kelle has a related form in Kellen. Kelle has a related form in Kell. In Greek usage, Kelle as a surname is a transliteration of Κελλέ.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Kelle
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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