Kellogg

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proper noun

An English surname transferred from the nickname.

OriginIrish Ó Ceallaigh →
Less commonScrabble 13
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Meanings

Kellogg1

proper noun

alternative Kellough

  1. An English surname transferred from the nickname.
    1 more example

    In the young United States, one of the loudest anti-masturbation voices was John Harvey Kellogg, a physician and devout Seventh-Day Adventist in Battle Creek, Michigan. […] While Kellogg worked as the superintendent at Michigan’s Battle Creek Sanitarium, he hit upon a few different healthy eating ideas.

    2023 January 18, Matt Soniak, “When Corn Flakes Were Part of an Anti-Masturbation Crusade”, in Mental Floss, archived from the original on 08 Apr 2025

Kellogg2

proper noun

alternative Kellough

  1. A surname from Irish.

Kellogg3

proper noun

alternative Kellough

  1. A city in Idaho.
  2. A city and town in Iowa.
  3. A city and town in Minnesota.
  4. abbreviationellipsisinformalOxford UniversityEllipsis of Kellogg College, Oxford.

Origin

Kellogg · proper noun

Originally a nickname for a butcher, from kill hog.

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Kellogg · proper noun

  1. IrishÓ Ceallaigh
  2. EnglishKellogg

Anglicized from Irish Ó Ceallaigh. Doublet of Kelly and Callahan.

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Cite this entry
APA

Kellogg. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kellogg

MLA

“Kellogg.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kellogg. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Kellogg,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kellogg.

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