# Keeley

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #47,140

## Definitions
1. A surname from Irish.
2. A unisex given name transferred from the surname, of recent usage.

## Etymology
Reduced Anglicized from Irish Ó Caollaidhe (“descendant of Caollaidhe”), a personal name based on the adjective caol (“slender, graceful”).

## Easily confused with
- **Kelly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/keeley-vs-kelly)
- **keene** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/keeley-vs-keene)
- **keeper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/keeley-vs-keeper)
- **Keller** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/keeley-vs-keller)
- **Kelsey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/keeley-vs-kelsey)
- **keenly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/keeley-vs-keenly)
- **keener** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/keeley-vs-keener)
- **keel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/keel-vs-keeley)
- **keeler** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/keeler-vs-keeley)

## Common misspellings (8)
`ekeley`, `keeely`, `keeleyy`, `keelley`, `keelye`, `keleey`, `keley`, `kkeeley`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/keeley