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Kelsey may refer to:

  • Kelsey (automobile company)
  • Kelsey (given name)
  • "Kelsey" (song), a 2007 single by Metro Station from their debut album, Metro Station
  • Kelsey (surname)
  • Kelsey Lake Diamond Mine, a defunct diamond mine in the U.S. state of Colorado
  • Kelsey, a fashion doll in the 2001 series of Groovy Girls dolls, manufactured by Manhattan Toy
  • Kelsey (actor) Actor known for Shoe Diaries (1992), Return to Frogtown (1992) and Carjack (1993).
Kelsey (surname)

Kelsey 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 Norwegian1.

Kelsey may refer to:

Kelsey (song)

"Kelsey" is a single by the group Metro Station released in September 2007 from their first album, Metro Station. It was re-released on March 17, 2009, after the success of " Shake It" and " Seventeen Forever".

The song was the band's third UK single, released on December 14, 2009, as a double A-side with a cover version of " Last Christmas".

The song was produced by Justin Pierre and Josh Cain from the band Motion City Soundtrack. Pierre also sings backing vocals on the song.

The song was written about Pierre's friend Kelsey Siemens.

Kelsey (given name)

Kelsey is a given name meaning 'from the ship's island'. The name could be derived from an English given name Ceolsige, which meant "ship's victory" could be an Old English place name meaning "Cenel's island." "Cenel's Island" is a combination of the Old English word "cenel", meaning "fierce", and "eg", meaning island.

Another explanation of the meaning of "Kelsey" says that the name has Scandinavian origins, roughly meaning 'isle of the ships'.

Kelsey was the 201st most popular name for girls born in the United States in 2007. It was among the top 50 most popular names for girls there in the 1990s. It was last ranked among the top 1,000 most common names for boys there in 1996. It was the 528th most common name for women in the United States in the 1990 census. Kelsey was ranked among the top 100 names for girls born in Scotland in 2007. It was also among the top 100 names for girls born in England and Wales in the late 1990s.

People with the given name Kelsey:

Male
  • Kelsey A. Begaye (fl. 2010), 5th President of the Navajo Nation (1999–2003)
  • Kelsey Grammer (born 1955), American actor, director, and writer
  • Kelsey Donwen (born 1969), American actor, model
  • Kelsey Patterson (1954–2004), African American executed by the U.S. state of Texas
Female
  • Kelsey Chow (born 1991), American actress
  • Kelsey Davis (born 1987), American soccer player
  • Kelsey Griffin (born 1987), American basketball player
  • Kelsey Smith (1989–2007), American murder victim
Kelsey (Saskatchewan provincial electoral district)

Kelsey was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada, encompassing the towns of Hudson Bay and Carrot River. The district was named after 17th century explorer Henry Kelsey.

Created before the 12th Saskatchewan general election in 1952, this riding was combined with part of the Melfort-Tisdale district (as " Tisdale-Kelsey") before the 17th Saskatchewan general election in 1971. It is now part of the constituency of Carrot River Valley.

Kelsey (automobile company)

The Kelsey car company was founded in 1897 by Cadwallader Kelsey in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It lasted until 1902, then was brought back in 1920 and survived until 1924.

Kelsey (Sussex cricketer)

Kelsey (full name and dates of birth and death unknown) was an English cricketer. Kelsey's batting style is unknown.

Kelsey made a single first-class appearance for Sussex against Kent at the Royal New Ground, Brighton in 1829. Kent were dismissed for 96 in their first-innings, in response Sussex were dismissed for 77, with Kelsey being run out for a duck. Kent were dismissed for just 44 in their second-innings and in response Sussex made 66/8 to win the match by 2 wickets, with Kelsey scoring 7 runs in that innings, before being stumped by Ned Wenman, though off which Kent bowler is not recorded.

Usage examples of "kelsey".

Now, more than ever, she needed to be the warrior Kelsey , the woman who backed down to no one, anu not just because Bill Winslow was once again after her life.

Kelsey heard a chuckle from Zach and watched while he moved toward the missile and pulled a small bag of tools from inside his shirt with which to defang a particularly ugly dog of war.

Church of Elish as a major player among the religions of the world, the bringer of an old truth made new, but Kelsey knew from the pounding of the drums, the clanging of the cymbals, the tootling of the flutes, that what he had dreaded was about to happen.

Kelsey designed this experiment, she anticipated that we might want to monitor performance at various points in the process for troubleshooting and fine-tuning.

Kelsey into a large, well-lit room furnished with minimalistic but surprisingly comfortable furniture.

From the shifting postures of those around him, Kelsey could tell that others felt the same thing.

Regardless of decor, both Kelsey and Schrafft made fortunes selling ordinary sandwiches and pie to a hungry public and established the lunchroom as an urban institution.

If anything, it got more heated after Jeremy let it slip that Derek had bought Kelsey in an auction and explained where that auction had been held.

A smirk twisted his lips over the celebrational kiss, the announcer’s breathless voice identifying Gabriel Slater and Kelsey Byden as very friendly rivals.

No lady would put herself on the auction block as Kelsey had done.

But the nymph looked out towards Kelsey, not so far away and with his longbow in hand, and she did not call out to the human this time.

But then the cat's meow became a lion's roar and a huge paw shot out, hooking Kelsey under the shoulder blade.

They were very close to the lifeless ship now, and from the bridge wing of the big container ship, Captain Kelsey could look straight down on her decks.

Lafleur, had been about to close her shop for the day when Kelsey arrived and pulled the red dress out of the basket for her to examine.

Kelsey Duffield walked over between Jon and Helen and took their hands into hers.