So far, supporters of same-sex marriage say they are three votes short of an override in the Senate and 12 in the House.
The name Kelly is of Irish origin, and it means Bright-headed .
This interesting surname, with variant spellings Kelley and Kellie, has three distinct possible origins. Firstly, it is an Anglicized form of the great Old Gaelic name O'Ceallaigh.The Gaelic prefix O indicates male descendant of, plus the personal byname Ceallach meaning strife or contention.inally, the name may be of Scottish territorial origin from the lands of Kelly near Arbroath, Angus, named with the Gaelic element coille, wood or grove. John de Kelly, noted in Scottish Acts of Parliament was abbot of Arbroath in 1373.