Kelcey: Last Name Origin and Family Crest

Clerks wrote Kelsey in many ways, and Kelcey is one that stuck. Name scholars give the meaning as “Cenel's island”. Kelcey writes “c” in place of the “s” found in Kelsey, a common scribal difference. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. You may also find the name written Kelsay and Kelsie.

Arms linked to Kelsey and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. Want more than a summary? See the Kelcey family name pack.