Keallaigh

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Name: Keallaigh

Gender: masculine

Location: Europe

Language: Irish

Thematic: Unknown Thematic

Meaning: Derived from the masculine name Ceallach, whose meaning is uncertain. Either bright-headed, strife, or the genitive form of Cill, which means church.

Comments: Keallaigh is a mis-spelling of Ceallaigh, which is part of the Irish surname Ó Ceallaigh, usually anglicised as Kelly. Kelly is erroneously treated as a unisex name outside Ireland.