English
Kelly
Kelly comes from Irish Ó Ceallaigh.
- Irishc. 1200–presentÓ Ceallaigh
- Englishearliest quotation 1867Kelly
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Irishc. 1200–presentÓ Ceallaigh
- Englishearliest quotation 1867Kelly
Earliest quotation: 1867, Percy Hetherington Fitzgerald, The Life of David Garrick: “A better and more straightforward appeal, though less cool,…”
Every English word from Irish Ó Ceallaigh
Today it means
name A surname from Irish, Anglicised from the Irish Ó Ceallaigh.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Irish Ó Ceallaigh / Kelly