Kelcy as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Kelcy

What is the meaning of the name Kelcy ?

The baby name Kelcy is a Unisex name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced KEL-see.

Kelcy is English, Norse in Origin.

Kelcy is a modern variant of Kelsey, an English surname turned given name. The surname traces to Lincolnshire place-names North and South Kelsey, built from Old English elements: either Cēol + ēg (“Ceol’s island,” with ēg meaning “island” or “river meadow”), or from the personal name Cēolsige (cēol “ship” + sige “victory”). Accordingly, Kelcy is understood to mean “Ceol’s island,” “ship’s island,” or, by folk etymology, “ship victory.”

Used as a first name in Britain by the 19th century and gaining wider popularity in North America in the late 20th century, Kelcy remains less common than Kelsey and typically reads unisex, though more often feminine in recent decades. Related forms include Kelsey, Kelsy, Kelsie, Kelcie, Kelcee, and Kelci; short forms Kels or Kel.