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Kelsey Surname Origin
(Locality). A town in Lincolnshire, England. Kelsey, in Cornish British, signifies the 'dry neck,' from Kel, a neck, and syck, dry.
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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