Skelly Family History
Skelly Name Meaning
Irish and Manx: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Scolaidhe or Ó Scolaidhe ‘son or descendant of the scholar’; see Scully . Manx: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Scalaighe ‘son of Scalaighe (the crier)’. Irish and Scottish: variant of Scally .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022