Slender or beautiful
Keelie is a modern phonetic variant of the Irish name Keely, derived from the Gaelic surname O'Caollaidhe. It is fundamentally rooted in the word 'caol', which translates to slender or narrow. In some contexts, it is also associated with the word 'cadhla', meaning beautiful or graceful.
Less common today
Keelie isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #2,493 in 2007.
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
American pop singer and performer
