Kelsey (surname)
Kelsey /ˈkɛlsi/[1] is an English surname and originated from an Old English place name in Lincolnshire, England. The place name derived from words meaning "Ceol's island" (Mills 1991). In modern times Kelsey has also become a given name for boys and girls in English-speaking countries. Kelsey comes from "island of the ships" in Irish and Scots, and "a dweller on the island, by the water" from Norwegian.
Kelsey may refer to:
Actors
- Edward Kelsey (1930–2019), English actor
- Greg Kelsey (1893-1967), stage name of British-born actor William Gregory Kelsall
- Ian Kelsey (born 1966), British television actor
- Linda Kelsey (born 1946), American television actress
Athletes
- Arthur Kelsey (1871–1955), English footballer
- Jack Kelsey (1929–1992), Welsh football goalkeeper
- Lloyd Kelsey (1897–1948), American tug-of-war competitor
Politicians and public servants
- Edwin B. Kelsey, American politician, lawyer, and businessman
- Thomas Kelsey (died c. 1680), important figure in the government of Oliver Cromwell
- William H. Kelsey (1812–1879), U.S. Congressman (1855–1859)
- Tim Kelsey former National Director for Patients and Information in the National Health Service
Other
- Benjamin Kelsey (1813–1889), California pioneer, husband of Nancy Kelsey.
- Benjamin S. Kelsey (1906–1981), American Air Force test pilot and aeronautical engineer
- Carl Kelsey (1870–1953), American sociologist
- Frances Oldham Kelsey (1914–2015), naturalized American pharmacologist
- Henry Kelsey (c. 1667–1724), English fur trader, explorer, and sailor who played an important role in establishing the Hudson's Bay Company
- Hugh Kelsey (1926–1995), Scottish bridge player and writer
- John Kelsey (cryptanalyst), cryptographer currently working at NIST
- Nancy Kelsey, California pioneer, first white American woman to walk into California, called the Betsy Ross of California for sewing the Bear Flag
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See also
References
- Wells, John C. (2008), Longman Pronunciation Dictionary (3rd ed.), Longman, p. 439, ISBN 9781405881180
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