Kelf
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/kɫf/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Kelf is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United Kingdom. Recorded meaning: Main GB Location (1881): Norfolk. probably a variant of Calf .
- GBUnited Kingdom
- AUAustralia
- BEBelgium
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Main GB Location (1881): Norfolk. probably a variant of Calf .
Sources 1
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
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Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Kelf is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In enm, alternative form of calf (“young cow”)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Breton, souche
as a wordDeshayes, Dictionnaire étymologique du breton (2003)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 5 sources across 1 country.
Reference works 2
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Kelf mean, and where does it come from?
- Main GB Location (1881): Norfolk. probably a variant of Calf . Recorded by The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland.
- How do you pronounce Kelf?
- A machine transcription gives /kɫf/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Kelf have the most bearers?
- Kelf is most frequently recorded in the United Kingdom.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/kelfThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
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Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Kelf”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.