I just love this name, it is very pretty and not over used which is nice. I think I prefer the spelling Keely though. I have seen it spelt Keelie, Keelea and Keelee as well.
This is my name. When I was younger I didn't like it because I always got called Kelly, Carrie or Julie. But now I like it. It is very unusual for my age group even though I hear it is getting more popular for the under age five set. I was the only Keeley from my hometown and only one of five at my college of 13,000. Now I get called Kayley, Kiley, and Kelsey a lot. I don't mind though, I like my name and feel that it fits me. When I see others call it surnamey or masculine or trendy, it strikes me as odd because I was born in the time of Jessica, Jennifer, Brittany, Whitney, Ashley, and Lindsey being trendy, and I have never heard of a boy being called Keeley in the United States. It may be a surname, but I think in the U.S. it is just as common as a feminine first name.