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Kelby

Kelby: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“farm by the spring”
Origin
Old Norse
Say it
KEL-bee · 2 syllables
Used for
Both (28% girls, 72% boys since 1880)

Kelby comes from an English surname and place name of Old Norse origin, related to Norse by-name and settlement elements. It is usually treated as a surname-style given name.

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How popular is Kelby?

20249.3 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Kelby in 202431

Peak year1991

Total US babies since 18805,550

Kelby is fading: recent use is about 47% of its level ten years before.

Names like Kelby

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Skycloud · Old Norse
  • Kirbychurch settlement · Old Norse
  • Darbydeer settlement · Old Norse

Kelby questions

What does the name Kelby mean?

Kelby means "farm by the spring". It comes from Old Norse. Kelby comes from an English surname and place name of Old Norse origin, related to Norse by-name and settlement elements. It is usually treated as a surname-style given name.

Is Kelby a boy or girl name?

Kelby is used for both: about 28% of US babies named Kelby since 1880 were girls.

How popular is Kelby?

31 US babies were named Kelby in 2024. Its peak year was 1991.

How do you pronounce Kelby?

Kelby is usually pronounced KEL-bee.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.