Etymology

Kellis

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Today it means: A surname from Greek. Full definition →

Greek Κέλλης
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  1. Greek · borrowed fromΚέλλης
  2. English todayKellis

A variant of Kelly or from Greek Κέλλης (Kéllis), a nickname for a bald man, from Turkish kel (“bald”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.