"Keeley" meaning in All languages combined

See Keeley on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Forms: Keeleys [plural]
Etymology: Reduced Anglicized from Irish Ó Caollaidhe (“descendant of Caollaidhe”), a personal name based on the adjective caol (“slender, graceful”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|ga|Ó Caollaidhe||descendant of Caollaidhe}} Irish Ó Caollaidhe (“descendant of Caollaidhe”), {{m|ga|caol||slender, graceful}} caol (“slender, graceful”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s}} Keeley (plural Keeleys)
  1. A surname from Irish.
    Sense id: en-Keeley-en-name-O~oc0EH- Categories (other): English surnames
  2. A unisex given name transferred from the surname, of recent usage. Categories (topical): English female given names, English given names, English male given names, English unisex given names
    Sense id: en-Keeley-en-name-UZ1-OcOe Categories (other): English unisex given names from surnames, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 79
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Kealey [surname], Kealy [surname], Keely [surname]

Inflected forms

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