Kelsey.
A habitational surname from Old English.
Meaning & usage
A habitational surname from Old English.
A unisex given name transferred from the surname. A female given name transferred from the surname, popular in the 1990s.
A unisex given name transferred from the surname. A male given name transferred from the surname.
A placename: A hamlet in Camrose County, Alberta, Canada.
A placename: A rural municipality (the Rural Municipality of Kelsey) in western Manitoba, Canada.
A placename: A locality south of Split Lake, Manitoba.
A placename: An unincorporated community in El Dorado County, California, United States.
A placename: A ghost town in Belmont County, Ohio, United States.
A placename: An unincorporated community in Upshur County, Texas, United States.
A placename: Ellipsis of Mount Kelsey.
Where this word comes from
From Old English cēol (“ship”) + siġe (“victory”).
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.