The story
- Irish · derived fromÓ Caollaidhe“descendant of Caollaidhe”
- English todayKeeley
Reduced Anglicized from Irish Ó Caollaidhe (“descendant of Caollaidhe”), a personal name based on the adjective caol (“slender, graceful”).
Words from the same roots
IrishÓ Caollaidhe all →
Quealy
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.