Kiely

K5I1E1L1Y4

proper noun

A surname from Irish.

OriginIrish Ó Cadhla →
UncommonScrabble 12
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

proper nounKiely (plural Kielys)

plural Kielys

  1. A surname from Irish.

Origin

  1. IrishÓ Cadhla“descendant of Cadhla”
  2. EnglishKiely

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cadhla (“descendant of Cadhla”), a byname from cadhla (“beautiful”). It could also be a variant of Keeley.

More words from Irish

Full word history & related roots →

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

kyliekileyKeily
Cite this entry
APA

Kiely. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kiely

MLA

“Kiely.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kiely. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Kiely,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kiely.

Source: Kiely on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.