Meaning of the nameKelli
- Female
- Kel-li
Kelli is a spelling of the name Kelly.
Meaning
The meaning of Kelli is not known for certain. No reliable source documents it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.
- People (2022)
- 10,242
- Rank in Brazil
- #1,687
- Median age
- 36 years
- 2010 Census
- 17,315
- people
Kelli in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Kelli, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1980s (4,409 people).
10,198 women 44 men
Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.
Where the name Kelli is most common
States with the highest share of people named Kelli in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Paraná 0.012%
- Santa Catarina 0.010%
- Mato Grosso do Sul 0.009%
- Rio Grande do Sul 0.008%
- São Paulo 0.008%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 3,523 | 0.008% |
| Paraná | 1,422 | 0.012% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 909 | 0.008% |
| Santa Catarina | 733 | 0.010% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 701 | 0.004% |
| Minas Gerais | 682 | 0.003% |
| Mato Grosso | 284 | 0.008% |
| Goiás | 280 | 0.004% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 256 | 0.009% |
| Pará | 254 | 0.003% |
| Bahia | 253 | 0.002% |
| Espírito Santo | 139 | 0.004% |
| Distrito Federal | 99 | 0.004% |
| Maranhão | 98 | 0.001% |
| Ceará | 91 | 0.001% |
| Rondônia | 87 | 0.006% |
| Pernambuco | 84 | 0.001% |
| Amazonas | 83 | 0.002% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 39 | 0.001% |
| Paraíba | 36 | 0.001% |
| Piauí | 35 | 0.001% |
| Sergipe | 35 | 0.002% |
| Alagoas | 31 | 0.001% |
| Amapá | 31 | 0.004% |
| Acre | 26 | 0.003% |
| Tocantins | 18 | 0.001% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
The spelling Kelli
It swaps the final Y for I and keeps the double L; the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil lists it among the spelling variants of Kelly.
About the name Kelly
According to Behind the Name, Kelly is the anglicized form of the Irish name Ceallach or of the surname derived from it; Wiktionary gives the origin in the Irish surname Ó Ceallaigh. The origin of Ceallach is uncertain: it is traditionally said to mean 'bright-headed', but it may also come from Old Irish cellach, 'war, strife', or from cell, 'church'. In English, the name was mostly male before 1940 and began to be given to girls in the 1940s and 1950s, according to Behind the Name. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 118,991 people named Kelly, almost always women, born mostly in the 1980s.
Other spellings of Kelly
Sources
- Behind the Name: Kelly · behindthename.com · origin
- Wiktionary: Kelly · en.wiktionary.org · origin
- Behind the Name: Ceallach · behindthename.com · origin
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Kelly · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
Questions about the name Kelli
What does the name Kelli mean?
The meaning of Kelli is not known for certain: no reliable source documents it. So we give no meaning; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.
How many people are named Kelli in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 10,242 people with the first name Kelli, which ranks it number 1,687 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.
Is Kelli a boy's or a girl's name?
Kelli is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 10,198 women and 44 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Kelli most common?
Proportionally, in Paraná: 0.012% of the state's population is named Kelli (1,422 people), according to the 2022 Census.
What are the other spellings of Kelli?
Kelly, Kely and Keli. IBGE counts each spelling separately.
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