Shem Tov Girl's nameOrigin: internationalIn Israel: hardly given today
QeliIn Hebrew: קלי · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
With vowel points: קֶלִיRomanization: qéli
Qeli (Hebrew: קלי) is a girl's name of international origin. 448 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Its peak year was 1995, with 27 babies.
- People in Israel
- 448
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
- —
- not in the list
- Peak year
- 1995
- 27 babies
- USA
- —
- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying Qeli
In Hebrew letters the name is קלי, read right to left. Qeli is the Latin spelling recorded in Wiktionary; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms. Wiktionary romanizes it as "qéli" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).
Meaning and origin
- a surname, Kelly
- a unisex given name, Kelly
Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.
Qeli by year in Israel
How many girls out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).
per 10,000 babies of the same sex
Questions about Qeli
How do you write Qeli in Hebrew?
Qeli is written קלי in Hebrew (with vowel points: קֶלִי). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "qéli".
How many people in Israel are named Qeli?
448 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name קלי: 415 women and 33 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.
Is Qeli a boy's or a girl's name?
In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 92.6% of the people named קלי are women.
What does the name Qeli mean?
English Wiktionary describes it as: "a surname, Kelly"
Sources
Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.