"Kelsey" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈkɛlsi/ Forms: Kelseys [plural]
Etymology: From Old English cēol (“ship”) + siġe (“victory”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|ang|cēol|t=ship}} Old English cēol (“ship”), {{m|ang|siġe|t=victory}} siġe (“victory”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|~}} Kelsey (countable and uncountable, plural Kelseys)
  1. A habitational surname from Old English. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Kelsey-en-name-zLJicHqr Categories (other): English surnames, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 13 13 10 10 16 10
  2. A unisex given name transferred from the surname
    A female given name transferred from the surname, popular in the 1990s.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): English female given names, English given names, English male given names, English unisex given names
    Sense id: en-Kelsey-en-name-8lISxeUB Categories (other): English unisex given names from surnames
  3. A unisex given name transferred from the surname
    A male given name transferred from the surname.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): English female given names, English given names, English male given names, English unisex given names
    Sense id: en-Kelsey-en-name-sQrHxD12 Categories (other): English unisex given names from surnames
  4. A placename
    A hamlet in Alberta, Canada.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in Alberta, Places in Canada, Villages in Alberta, Villages in Canada
    Sense id: en-Kelsey-en-name-K5CfbSwK
  5. A placename
    An unincorporated community in California, United States.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in California, USA, Places in the United States, Unincorporated communities in California, USA, Unincorporated communities in the United States
    Sense id: en-Kelsey-en-name-2kEQX3x1
  6. A placename
    An unincorporated community in Texas, United States.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in Texas, USA, Places in the United States, Unincorporated communities in Texas, USA, Unincorporated communities in the United States
    Sense id: en-Kelsey-en-name-QGaVrwwN
  7. A placename
    Ellipsis of Mount Kelsey.
    Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable Alternative form of: Mount Kelsey Derived forms: Kelseyville, Mount Kelsey, South Kelsey Related terms: Kelce, Kelcey, Kelcie, Kelcy, Kelse, Kelsie, Kelsy
    Sense id: en-Kelsey-en-name-y9DSwB6a

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.