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Kelly-Anne

Gender
Girl
Say it
KEL-ee-AN
Origin
Irish

Kelly-Anne is a girls' name of Irish origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

What does Kelly-Anne mean?

Irish: Kelly + Anne

Joins Kelly (Irish) and Anne (Hebrew, “favour, grace”).

Meanings borrowed from Kelly and Anne.

Is Kelly-Anne a girl's or a boy's name?

Kelly-Anne is a girls' name.

How popular is Kelly-Anne in the UK?

No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 16 girls.

Half of all the girls named Kelly-Anne in the UK since 1996 were born between 1997 and 2001. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

1996Busiest: 16 in 19962018
Kelly-Anne in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20181#7,536
20170–
20160–
20150–
20141#7,592
20130–
20123#6,108
20110–
20100–
20094#4,795
20080–
20071#7,017
20060–
20050–
20042#6,098
20030–
20020–
20015#2,928
20004#3,399
19992#5,117
199816#1,289
199710#1,780
199616#1,244

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Kelly-Anne: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kelly-anne, updated 20 October 2026.