Kelsey (given name) Kelsey (given name) Kelsey Is a unisex given name of English origin. The name most probably derives from an Old English given name "Ceolsige", which meant "ship's victory", or it could be a place name meaning "Cenel's island". "Cenel's Island" is a combination of the Old English word "cenel", meaning "fierce", and "eg", meaning island. 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
Archibald (name) Archibald (name) Archibald is a masculine given name, composed of the Germanic elements "erchan" (with an original meaning of "genuine" or "precious") and "bald" "bold". Medieval forms include Old High German "Erchambald, Erkanbold, Erkanbald" and Anglo-Saxon "Eorcenbald". Erkanbald, bishop of Strasbourg (d. 991) was also rendered "Archaunbault" in Old French. The Anglo-Saxon name did not survive, and the modern given name in English derives from the introduction of the Old French name, with a secondary association of its first element with the Greek prefix "archi-" meaning "chief, master", to Norman England in the high medieval period. The form "Archibald" became