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Meaning of the nameKetelly

Ketelly is a spelling of the name Ketely.

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,961 people named Ketelly, the 5,184th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 10, and the largest group was born in the 2010s. Proportionally, it is most common in Bahia.

Meaning

The meaning of Ketelly is not known for certain. The sources consulted give no settled meaning for it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

People (2022)
1,961
Rank in Brazil
#5,184
Median age
10 years
2010 Census
567
people

Ketelly in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Ketelly, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2010s (989 people).

1,944 women 0 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 Ketelly is most common

States with the highest share of people named Ketelly in the population, in the 2022 Census.

  1. Bahia 0.002%
  2. Maranhão 0.002%
  3. Pará 0.002%
  4. Pernambuco 0.001%
  5. Minas Gerais 0.001%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Bahia3240.002%
Minas Gerais2610.001%
São Paulo2010.001%
Pará1570.002%
Maranhão1460.002%
Pernambuco1230.001%
Goiás870.001%
Alagoas720.002%
Rio de Janeiro640.000%
Sergipe630.003%
Mato Grosso550.002%
Espírito Santo540.001%
Piauí460.001%
Paraná420.000%
Ceará390.000%
Paraíba370.001%
Tocantins350.002%
Rio Grande do Norte330.001%
Rondônia280.002%
Amazonas190.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul170.001%
Acre150.002%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

The spelling Ketelly

Keeps the plain K and doubles the L before the final Y.

About the name Ketely

The origin of the beginning Ket- is uncertain. The ending -ely, also written -elly, -eli or -ele, is a female formative described in the Morfemário (morpheme list) of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil): it comes from French -elle, linked to the Italian diminutive -ella and to the feminine form of the formative -el, and appears in Adriele, Daniele and Michele. The four spellings differ in the H after the K and in the ending with a single or double L. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 2,223 people named Ketely, the most common spelling in the group; the name is almost always female, and most were born from 2000 on. Proportionally, it is most common in Maranhão.

Other spellings of Ketely

SpellingPeople (2022)
Ketely2,223
Ketelly1,961
Kethelly1,329
Kethely1,213

Sources

  1. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Ketelly

What does the name Ketelly mean?

The meaning of Ketelly is not known for certain: the sources consulted give no settled meaning for it. So we give none; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

How many people are named Ketelly in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,961 people with the first name Ketelly, which ranks it number 5,184 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2010s.

Is Ketelly a boy's or a girl's name?

Ketelly is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,944 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

In which Brazilian state is Ketelly most common?

Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.002% of the state's population is named Ketelly (324 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Ketelly?

Ketely, Kethelly and Kethely. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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