Name: Kelsey
Gender: Female
Usage: Kelsey is a very popular first name. It is more often used as a girl (female) name.
People having the name Kelsey are in general originating from Ireland, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Kelsey is: Island of the ships.
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The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 5. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: adventurous, energetic, curious, visionary, magnetic, expansive.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Extroverted, Adventurous
Ruling planet: Mercury
Colors: White, Gray
Gemstones: Diamond
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The name Kelsey is ranked on the 488th position of the most used names. It means that this name is very frequently used.
We estimate that there are at least 1261600 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.018% of the population. The name Kelsey has six characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Kelsey for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
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History and Origin
Kelsey is a given name meaning 'from the ship's island'. The name could be derived from an English given name Ceolsige, which meant "ship's victory" could be an Old English place name meaning "Cenel's island." "Cenel's Island" is a combination of the Old English word "cenel", meaning "fierce", and "eg", meaning island.
Another explanation of the meaning of "Kelsey" says that the name has Scandinavian origins, roughly meaning 'isle of the ships'.
Kelsey was the 201st most popular name for girls born in the United States in 2007. It was among the top 50 most popular names for girls there in the 1990s. It was last ranked among the top 1,000 most common names for boys there in 1996. It was the 528th most common name for women in the United States in the 1990 census. Kelsey was ranked among the top 100 names for girls born in Scotland in 2007. It was also among the top 100 names for girls born in England and Wales in the late 1990s.
People with the given name Kelsey:
- Male
- Kelsey A. Begaye (fl. 2010), 5th President of the Navajo Nation (1999–2003)
- Kelsey Grammer (born 1955), American actor, director, and writer
- Kelsey Patterson (1954–2004), African American executed by the U.S. state of Texas
- Female
- Kelsey Chow (born 1991), American actress
- Kelsey Davis (born 1987), American soccer player
- Kelsey Griffin (born 1987), American basketball player
- Kelsey Smith (1989–2007), American murder victim
English: transferred use of the surname, which is derived from the Old English masculine personal name Céolsige, composed of the elements céol ship + sige victory.
Variant: Kelsie.
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