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kellis

/kˈɛlɪs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.33 in modern English

Syllables
kel-lis
IPA
/kˈɛlɪs/
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Greek.

Etymology

A variant of Kelly or from Greek Κέλλης (Kéllis), a nickname for a bald man, from Turkish kel (“bald”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Κέλλης

Inflected Forms

Kellises (plural)

Rhymes With

ellis felis ellice celis mellis defelice helice antonellis gellis chellis

Questions

How do you pronounce kellis?
The recorded pronunciation is /kˈɛlɪs/.
What does kellis mean?
A surname from Greek.
Where does kellis come from?
It is traced to Greek.

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