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    Kellan

    KEL-un

    Meaning

    Slender; Powerful

    Irish/Gaelic origin · Boy

    What it points to

    Kellan is power in slenderness — strength perfected in weakness, the narrow gate opening to infinite life.

    Verses · King James Version

    “My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness.”

    2 Corinthians 12:9

    “Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life.”

    Matthew 7:14

    Most used in the 2000s (US records)

    biblesundays.com · King James Version

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