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Meaning of the nameKethelly

Kethelly is a spelling of the name Ketely.

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,329 people named Kethelly, the 6,839th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 9, and the largest group was born in the 2010s. Proportionally, it is most common in Maranhão.

Meaning

The meaning of Kethelly 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)
1,329
Rank in Brazil
#6,839
Median age
9 years
2010 Census
328
people

Kethelly in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Kethelly, 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 (701 people).

1,320 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 Kethelly is most common

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

  1. Maranhão 0.002%
  2. Pará 0.002%
  3. Bahia 0.001%
  4. Minas Gerais 0.001%
  5. São Paulo 0.000%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo1790.000%
Maranhão1540.002%
Bahia1410.001%
Minas Gerais1300.001%
Pará1190.002%
Pernambuco860.001%
Goiás720.001%
Rio de Janeiro660.000%
Alagoas400.001%
Ceará390.000%
Espírito Santo340.001%
Tocantins340.002%
Piauí330.001%
Paraíba310.001%
Rio Grande do Norte300.001%
Mato Grosso280.001%
Sergipe230.001%

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

The spelling Kethelly

Combines the H after the K with the doubled L.

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 Kethelly

What does the name Kethelly mean?

The meaning of Kethelly 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 Kethelly in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,329 people with the first name Kethelly, which ranks it number 6,839 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2010s.

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

Kethelly is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,320 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

In which Brazilian state is Kethelly most common?

Proportionally, in Maranhão: 0.002% of the state's population is named Kethelly (154 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Kethelly?

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

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