Male first name (English, Irish): Kelly, Old Irish (Word format); ceall = the monastery, the church, by an Irish male first name 'Ceallach' or 'Ceallagh', is now a female name used mostly female first name (English, Irish) Kelly, Old Irish (Word format); = ceall the monastery, the church, by an Irish male first name 'Ceallach' or 'Ceallagh', whose meaning is uncertain, is now mainly used as a female name