Kiely
English edit
Etymology edit
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cadhla (“descendant of Cadhla”), a byname from cadhla (“beautiful”). It could also be a variant of Keeley.
Proper noun edit
Kiely (plural Kielys)
- A surname from Irish.
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Kiely is the 11076th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2868 individuals. Kiely is most common among White (93.76%) individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Kiely”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 301.