Given name
Kellee
“a lively and bright-headed woman”·“a warrior”·“one who defends”
Kellee is a variant of Kelly. One Irish interpretation is “a lively and bright-headed woman.” Kellee is a variant of Kelley. Interpretations include “a warrior” and “one who defends”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Kellee is a variant of Kelly. One Irish interpretation is “a lively and bright-headed woman.” Kellee is a variant of Kelley. Interpretations include “a warrior” and “one who defends”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Kellee is a variant of Kelly. Kelly has been associated with Irish Gaelic and Irish naming traditions. Kellee is a variant of Kelley. An origin associated with Kelley is Celtic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1951. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kellee through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,730
- 16 boys · 3,714 girls
- Most popular year
- 1978
- 201 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 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 201 in 1978. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,500 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.
Kellee’s family of names
Kellee has a related form in Kelly. Kellee has a related form in Kelley.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Kellee
- Kellee SantiagoAmerican video game designer and producer (b. 1979)
- Kellee StewartAmerican actressborn 1976
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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