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  • Kelly criterion is a formula for maximizing growth of winnings in gambling.
  • Kelly Family is a band
  • Kelly Services is an employment agency
  • kelly green, a shade of the color green,
  • Kelly (musical), a 1965 musical
  • Kelly Kelly, stage name of wrestler Barbie Blank in Extreme Championship Wrestling (WWE)
  • Kelly Kelly (TV series), a short-lived Shelly Long sitcom that aired on The WB in fall 1998.
  • Kelly (tool), a type of hemostat
  • Kelly (TV series), an Irish television interview show
  • Kelly (drilling), part of a drilling rig

[edit] Origin of the name

Kelly is etymologically Irish in origin, and is the second most common family name in Ireland. It has also become a first name (for females and sometimes also males). Variants of the name include Kelley, Kelli, Kellye, Kellie, Kelle, Kellog, McCullough, and Cheallaigh (as a female surname, for example: Ní Cheallaigh). It is most commonly an Anglicisation of the Gaelic clan name of Ó Ceallaigh, which means grandchild or descendant of Ceallach. The word Ceallach itself means contentious, which has been adapted by recruiting sergeants to mean "Brave Warrior" in many English-speaking armies (such as that of the Irish Army, British Army, and Australian Army), and by American popular culture to mean "Warrior Princess".

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