Comments for the name Kelia

Pronounced as both keh-LEE-ah and keh-LYE-ah.

It is an Irish name, and can be pronounced Kee-lee-uh (like the name Keelia) or Kee-luh. It can mean "she who sings a happy song" or "pretty girl".

If it were a feminine form of Kelly, then it should mean "war", "strife", or "bright-headed", depending on the source. It seems too insubstantial to me, like a manufactured name.

I think it's a version of Celia.

In classical Latin the C's are pronounced like K's, so this name could be an odd version of Celia or just influenced by it.