Kellie

Where Kellie comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Kellie.

  • Vowel-ended
Kellie through the years
  1. 1913
    First appearance
    #3,187 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1937
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
  3. 1969
    Peak, #130
    2,641 babies named Kellie, the most in any year.
  4. 1972
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #223.
  5. 1975
    Kellie Martin born
    American actress
  6. 1989
    Kellie Harrington born
    Irish boxer
In the dictionary
  • A female given name transferred from the surname, variant of Kelly.
Namesakes
  • Kellie Harrington · Irish boxer, born 1989
  • Kellie Martin · American actress, born 1975
  • Kellie Pickler · American country singer, born 1986
  • Kellie Wells · American female Olympic 100m hurdler, born 1982
  • Kellie Waymire · American actress, 1967–2003

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.