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Kelly Surname Origin

(Origin Gaelic and Welsh) A grove, generally of hazel. Kill or Cille, in the Gaelic and Celtic, denotes a church.


Source: An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names With an Essay on their Derivation and Import; Arthur, William, M.A.; New York, NY: Sheldon, Blake, Bleeker & CO., 1857.




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