Kelly Forename
545th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 1,403,234 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
Kelly Forename Definition:
A Celtic name, meaning: A warrior.
Kelly Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 89% | 796,587 | 1:455 | 77 |
| Brazil | 100% | 133,034 | 1:1,610 | 247 |
| England | 100% | 102,410 | 1:543 | 122 |
| Canada | 76% | 97,177 | 1:341 | 39 |
| Australia | - | 26,250 | 1:520 | 120 |
| Colombia | 100% | 21,353 | 1:2,238 | 309 |
| Peru | 99% | 18,612 | 1:1,708 | 337 |
| Nigeria | 98% | 14,393 | 1:12,337 | 1,514 |
| Netherlands | 93% | 13,051 | 1:1,295 | 271 |
| Venezuela | 70% | 10,236 | 1:2,951 | 425 |
| Burundi | 100% | 10,138 | 1:977 | 312 |
| Belgium | 78% | 10,090 | 1:1,139 | 273 |
| Zambia | - | 10,018 | 1:1,583 | 312 |
| New Zealand | - | 9,764 | 1:465 | 101 |
| Kenya | 68% | 9,344 | 1:4,956 | 782 |
| Papua New Guinea | 89% | 7,230 | 1:1,128 | 122 |
| Ghana | 75% | 6,855 | 1:3,937 | 537 |
| Wales | 100% | 6,771 | 1:457 | 101 |
| South Africa | 90% | 6,441 | 1:8,466 | 1,492 |
| DR Congo | 60% | 6,211 | 1:11,887 | 1,156 |
| France | 99% | 5,932 | 1:11,205 | 677 |
| Scotland | 100% | 5,816 | 1:920 | 183 |
| Ecuador | - | 4,134 | 1:4,288 | 517 |
| Congo | 59% | 3,928 | 1:1,275 | 210 |
| China | - | 3,668 | 1:372,425 | 22,929 |
| Philippines | 60% | 3,258 | 1:32,538 | 2,797 |
| Malaysia | 74% | 2,621 | 1:11,618 | 1,287 |
| Gabon | - | 2,606 | 1:723 | 145 |
| Madagascar | - | 2,418 | 1:9,772 | 1,594 |
| Thailand | 89% | 2,325 | 1:30,136 | 3,744 |
| Angola | - | 2,294 | 1:11,755 | 1,288 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 2,175 | 1:5,228 | 928 |
| Cameroon | 94% | 2,056 | 1:10,511 | 1,228 |
| Chad | 50% | 2,039 | 1:6,669 | 1,038 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 1,921 | 1:5,430 | 788 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 1,911 | 1:134,989 | 14,266 |
| Ireland | 54% | 1,701 | 1:2,730 | 360 |
| Togo | - | 1,648 | 1:4,393 | 732 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1,632 | 1:18,880 | 2,474 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 1,533 | 1:1,202 | 235 |
| Haiti | 67% | 1,423 | 1:7,538 | 913 |
| Singapore | 97% | 1,095 | 1:5,742 | 1,022 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1,040 | 1:93,808 | 6,821 |
| Botswana | 71% | 1,008 | 1:2,167 | 385 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 994 | 1:10,665 | 1,071 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 57% | 975 | 1:1,396 | 265 |
| Spain | 94% | 939 | 1:49,553 | 1,988 |
| Chile | 91% | 930 | 1:18,932 | 1,055 |
| Malawi | 65% | 910 | 1:18,805 | 1,723 |
| Portugal | - | 886 | 1:11,750 | 672 |
| Honduras | 100% | 867 | 1:10,170 | 1,009 |
| Tanzania | 69% | 856 | 1:61,669 | 4,197 |
| Greece | 77% | 780 | 1:14,019 | 775 |
| Mexico | 89% | 698 | 1:177,857 | 3,387 |
| Hong Kong | - | 686 | 1:11,301 | 1,161 |
| Guatemala | 89% | 675 | 1:23,864 | 1,266 |
| India | 92% | 673 | 1:1,805,168 | 97,520 |
| Egypt | 100% | 651 | 1:141,169 | 5,768 |
| Bangladesh | - | 642 | 1:248,382 | 11,817 |
| El Salvador | - | 635 | 1:9,987 | 737 |
| Panama | 67% | 617 | 1:6,332 | 997 |
| Nicaragua | 74% | 587 | 1:10,253 | 1,072 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 572 | 1:36,362 | 4,240 |
| Poland | 100% | 471 | 1:80,737 | 1,882 |
| Germany | 83% | 468 | 1:206,577 | 3,170 |
| Qatar | 85% | 463 | 1:5,118 | 828 |
| Uganda | 63% | 429 | 1:95,471 | 4,437 |
| Costa Rica | 92% | 410 | 1:11,629 | 1,028 |
| Mali | - | 387 | 1:43,870 | 2,498 |
| Sweden | 90% | 386 | 1:25,539 | 1,652 |
| Iran | 71% | 353 | 1:222,371 | 3,872 |
| Estonia | 100% | 314 | 1:4,189 | 672 |
| Zimbabwe | 63% | 304 | 1:50,736 | 4,408 |
| Ivory Coast | 62% | 303 | 1:76,158 | 4,996 |
| Iraq | 100% | 295 | 1:118,705 | 2,668 |
| Uruguay | 75% | 295 | 1:11,619 | 817 |
| Japan | - | 286 | 1:447,504 | 10,458 |
| Morocco | - | 273 | 1:125,819 | 3,873 |
| Vanuatu | - | 265 | 1:988 | 288 |
| Fiji | - | 259 | 1:3,445 | 924 |
| South Korea | - | 254 | 1:21,828 | 2,015 |
| Afghanistan | 79% | 246 | 1:132,616 | 4,056 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 245 | 1:2,371 | 391 |
| Switzerland | 76% | 238 | 1:34,510 | 1,825 |
| Malta | - | 233 | 1:1,843 | 361 |
| Russia | 87% | 212 | 1:680,348 | 6,716 |
| Namibia | - | 207 | 1:11,614 | 1,333 |
| Suriname | 75% | 197 | 1:2,806 | 651 |
| Taiwan | 87% | 186 | 1:127,794 | 13,773 |
| Samoa | - | 183 | 1:1,067 | 329 |
| Italy | 98% | 178 | 1:343,045 | 4,119 |
| Vietnam | - | 168 | 1:551,328 | 2,075 |
| Barbados | - | 165 | 1:1,756 | 397 |
| Jamaica | - | 163 | 1:17,689 | 1,566 |
| Bahamas | - | 155 | 1:2,577 | 527 |
| Bahrain | - | 148 | 1:9,113 | 1,459 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 141 | 1:25,179 | 1,009 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 135 | 1:2,001 | 395 |
| Argentina | 70% | 134 | 1:319,203 | 3,034 |
| Kuwait | - | 133 | 1:28,461 | 2,834 |
| Liberia | 86% | 131 | 1:33,680 | 1,996 |
| Denmark | - | 127 | 1:44,484 | 1,791 |
| Norway | 50% | 127 | 1:40,412 | 1,817 |
| Guyana | 100% | 118 | 1:6,468 | 1,101 |
| Jersey | 100% | 118 | 1:847 | 192 |
| Guam | - | 115 | 1:1,397 | 311 |
| Bermuda | - | 96 | 1:675 | 131 |
| Grenada | 89% | 96 | 1:1,126 | 221 |
| Djibouti | - | 87 | 1:10,525 | 817 |
| French Polynesia | - | 86 | 1:3,231 | 629 |
| Guernsey | - | 83 | 1:763 | 171 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 81 | 1:1,355 | 280 |
| Paraguay | 96% | 78 | 1:92,780 | 2,445 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 70 | 1:1,420 | 306 |
| Belize | 57% | 70 | 1:5,062 | 1,019 |
| Micronesia | - | 55 | 1:1,936 | 289 |
| Aruba | - | 54 | 1:1,922 | 390 |
| Czechia | 86% | 52 | 1:204,926 | 1,616 |
| Gibraltar | - | 50 | 1:683 | 143 |
| Mozambique | - | 49 | 1:555,987 | 1,346 |
| Sudan | 100% | 49 | 1:771,571 | 2,562 |
| Lebanon | 94% | 48 | 1:117,241 | 3,444 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 42 | 1:1,460 | 338 |
| Senegal | 82% | 41 | 1:355,643 | 5,457 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 40 | 1:4,858,942 | 47,820 |
| Saint Lucia | 75% | 40 | 1:4,445 | 759 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 39 | 1:183,384 | 11,968 |
| Central African Republic | - | 36 | 1:125,428 | 257 |
| Cape Verde | 70% | 35 | 1:15,119 | 1,311 |
| Belarus | 94% | 34 | 1:278,894 | 2,159 |
| Benin | 53% | 32 | 1:330,495 | 12,929 |
| Seychelles | - | 32 | 1:2,896 | 621 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 64% | 30 | 1:3,719 | 689 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 27 | 1:91,065 | 2,759 |
| Finland | 95% | 26 | 1:210,892 | 3,527 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 26 | 1:2,103 | 430 |
| Myanmar | - | 25 | 1:2,077,931 | 882 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 25 | 1:283,547 | 466 |
| American Samoa | - | 23 | 1:2,428 | 422 |
| Luxembourg | 60% | 22 | 1:25,639 | 1,366 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 22 | 1:265 | 72 |
| Austria | 56% | 17 | 1:500,835 | 4,712 |
| Macau | - | 17 | 1:35,777 | 476 |
| Albania | 100% | 16 | 1:190,411 | 10,160 |
| Turkey | 100% | 15 | 1:5,186,781 | 23,029 |
| Kazakhstan | 80% | 14 | 1:1,267,632 | 12,179 |
| Monaco | 100% | 14 | 1:2,748 | 527 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 13 | 1:6,540 | 198 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 13 | 1:14,769 | 1,452 |
| Cambodia | - | 12 | 1:1,356,111 | 18,849 |
| Latvia | - | 12 | 1:167,970 | 2,495 |
| Ukraine | 100% | 12 | 1:3,791,659 | 7,438 |
| Mauritania | 50% | 10 | 1:409,524 | 9,113 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 9 | 1:3,472 | 705 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 9 | 1:2,042,163 | 43,570 |
| Iceland | - | 9 | 1:40,669 | 2,415 |
| Marshall Islands | 78% | 9 | 1:5,692 | 857 |
| Nauru | 67% | 9 | 1:1,325 | 216 |
| Romania | 50% | 9 | 1:2,227,997 | 23,879 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 9 | 1:1,283,447 | 1,308 |
| Tunisia | - | 9 | 1:75,211 | 3,284 |
| Brunei | - | 8 | 1:52,446 | 1,266 |
| Serbia | - | 8 | 1:893,215 | 5,853 |
| Algeria | - | 7 | 1:5,453,817 | 10,071 |
| Croatia | - | 7 | 1:602,439 | 6,285 |
| Greenland | - | 7 | 1:8,053 | 908 |
| Hungary | 95% | 7 | 1:1,398,824 | 3,444 |
| Jordan | 91% | 7 | 1:1,260,968 | 6,027 |
| Lesotho | - | 7 | 1:291,428 | 17,845 |
| Oman | - | 6 | 1:684,778 | 5,486 |
| Cook Islands | - | 5 | 1:3,631 | 547 |
| Curaçao | - | 5 | 1:31,161 | 859 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 5 | 1:465 | 94 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 5 | 1:10,972 | 1,354 |
| Syria | - | 5 | 1:3,861,215 | 5,356 |
| Guinea | 100% | 4 | 1:2,964,662 | 5,204 |
| Laos | - | 4 | 1:1,646,714 | 900 |
| Mongolia | - | 4 | 1:733,704 | 10,632 |
| Nepal | - | 4 | 1:7,121,838 | 62,014 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 4 | 1:7,696,610 | 11,277 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 3 | 1:3,214,315 | 27,427 |
| Cuba | - | 3 | 1:3,835,517 | 8,849 |
| Georgia | - | 3 | 1:1,246,155 | 15,822 |
| Israel | - | 3 | 1:2,800,973 | 24,529 |
| Niger | 67% | 3 | 1:6,394,665 | 47,369 |
| Slovakia | - | 3 | 1:1,770,021 | 5,487 |
| Anguilla | 50% | 2 | 1:6,628 | 945 |
| Armenia | 100% | 2 | 1:1,459,376 | 10,220 |
| Bhutan | 100% | 2 | 1:412,464 | 4,948 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 2 | 1:435,538 | 3,859 |
| Dominica | - | 2 | 1:37,736 | 863 |
| Moldova | - | 2 | 1:1,780,570 | 7,407 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 2 | 1:17,354 | 1,059 |
| Yemen | - | 2 | 1:13,148,376 | 10,677 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Eritrea | - | 1 | 1:4,752,977 | 997 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 1 | 1:3,142 | 392 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| North Macedonia | - | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Montenegro | - | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Palestine | 100% | 1 | 1:4,550,058 | 5,739 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | - | 1 | 1:6,315 | 385 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
The alternate forms: Kélly (6) & Kèlly (1) are calculated separately.
Kelly (641,618) may also be a surname.
Kelly Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A Celtic name, meaning: A warrior.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Kelly Forename Popularity
Kelly Demographics
Average Kelly Salary in
United States
$45,170 USD
Per year
Rank:
180,722 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.214716
Rank: 83 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
103.77%
Sample size: 391,855 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
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