Antonyms for
kelly
A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
0 antonyms 5 letters

No Antonyms Found for Kelly

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All Definitions for Kelly

Below are all the dictionary definitions of kelly:

1A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
2A female given name transferred from the surname, popular from the 1960s to the 1990s.
3A male given name transferred from the surname.
4A surname from Irish, Anglicised from the Irish Ó Ceallaigh.
5A placename
6A number of places in the United States:
7A small village and civil parish (without a council) in West Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX3981).
8A locality on the Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, Australia.
9Kelly green.
10An unincorporated community in Nemaha County, Kansas.
11An unincorporated community in Christian County, Kentucky.
12An unincorporated community in Caldwell Parish, Louisiana.
13A census-designated place in Bladen County, North Carolina.
14A township in Union County, Pennsylvania.
15An unincorporated community in Collin County, Texas.
16An unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia.
17A town in Bayfield County, Wisconsin.
18An unincorporated community in Clearfield, Juneau County, Wisconsin.
19A census-designated place in Teton County, Wyoming.
20A square or hexagonal pipe that is turned in order to rotate the rotary table of a drilling rig.
21A roly-poly (toy).

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