"Kell" meaning in English

See Kell in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: Kells [plural]
Head templates: {{en-proper noun|Kells}} Kell (plural Kells)
  1. A surname.
    Sense id: en-Kell-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English surnames
  2. Short for Kelly. (female given name) Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: Kelly (extra: female given name) Synonyms: Kel [short-form]
    Sense id: en-Kell-en-name-g~ywUXQb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pennsylvania German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 89 Disambiguation of Pennsylvania German entries with incorrect language header: 15 71 8 6

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for Kell meaning in English (1.2kB)

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