Keller is a surname with several origins. The Irish version, which is the most ancient in origin, comes from the
Gaelic surname Ó Ceilechair. In modern
German Keller means cellar or basement, but historically it designates a cellarer or winemaker. A Latinized form of "Keller" is "
Cellarius".
Keller is an Anglicized version of the
Old Irish surname Ó Céilechair (meaning descendant of Céilechar). Céilechair was descended from
Cennétig mac Lorcáin King of the
Dál gCais in modern-day Clare. Cennétig mac Lorcáin was the ancestor and progenitor of the Keller family, and also of the Kennedys and O'Briens of Munster.
The Anglicized surname in Ireland has many different spellings including: O'Kelleher, Kelaher, Kelliher, Kellar, Keller, McKeller, MacKeller, and O'Keller.
Mitch Keller (born 1996), American baseball player
Nuh Ha Mim Keller, Muslim scholar (alim), legal expert and jurist (faqih), translator of classical Arabic texts (Reliance of the Traveller), and Mystic of the Shadhili order of Sufis
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surnameKeller. If an
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Keller is a surname with several origins. The Irish version, which is the most ancient in origin, comes from the
Gaelic surname Ó Ceilechair. In modern
German Keller means cellar or basement, but historically it designates a cellarer or winemaker. A Latinized form of "Keller" is "
Cellarius".
Keller is an Anglicized version of the
Old Irish surname Ó Céilechair (meaning descendant of Céilechar). Céilechair was descended from
Cennétig mac Lorcáin King of the
Dál gCais in modern-day Clare. Cennétig mac Lorcáin was the ancestor and progenitor of the Keller family, and also of the Kennedys and O'Briens of Munster.
The Anglicized surname in Ireland has many different spellings including: O'Kelleher, Kelaher, Kelliher, Kellar, Keller, McKeller, MacKeller, and O'Keller.
Mitch Keller (born 1996), American baseball player
Nuh Ha Mim Keller, Muslim scholar (alim), legal expert and jurist (faqih), translator of classical Arabic texts (Reliance of the Traveller), and Mystic of the Shadhili order of Sufis
This page lists people with the
surnameKeller. If an
internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that
link by adding the person's
given name(s) to the link.