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 [ 2 syll. kel-by, ke-lby ] The boy name Kelby is pronounced as KEHLBiy KEY. Kelby is primarily used in English and its language of origin is Old Norse. The meaning of Kelby is farm by the spring. Derived from the words 'kelda' which means spring, fountain ; 'býr' which means town, village, settlement. The first name is dervied from an Old Norse place name. The English names Keelby and Kelbie are variant forms of the name. Kelby is unusual as a baby boy name. Its usage peaked in 1991 with 0.009% of baby boys being named Kelby. It was #742 in rank then. The baby name has experienced a decline in frequency since then, and is now used on a very modest scale. Among all boy names in its family, Kelby was nevertheless the most popular in 2008. Baby names that sound like Kelby include the English Kelbie, the Dutch, English, German, and Hebrew Kaleb, the English Kalebh, the Hebrew Kalev, the English Keelby, the Arabic Khalif, the English Kolby, the English Caleb, the English Cliffie, the English Colby, the Arabic Kalb, the Arabic Khalifa, the English Cleve, the English Cliff, the English Clive, the English Clyve, and the English Coleby. KEY: Pronunciation for Kelby: K as in "key (K.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; B as in "be (B.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"   |
