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Kelly-Marie

Gender
Girl
Say it
KEL-ee-ma-REE
Origin
Irish

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

What does Kelly-Marie mean?

Irish: Kelly + Marie

Joins Kelly (Irish) and Marie (Hebrew).

Meanings borrowed from Kelly and Marie.

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

Kelly-Marie is a girls' name.

How popular is Kelly-Marie 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 18 girls.

Half of all the girls named Kelly-Marie in the UK since 1996 were born between 1997 and 2003. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

1996Busiest: 18 in 19962016
Kelly-Marie in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20164#4,980
20150–
20140–
20130–
20120–
20111#7,717
20101#7,520
20090–
20082#7,302
20070–
20064#4,357
20050–
20049#2,226
20034#3,768
20020–
20017#2,341
20004#3,399
19997#2,295
199813#1,505
199714#1,387
199618#1,122

Names like Kelly-Marie

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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-Marie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kelly-marie, updated 20 October 2026.