OK, this is scary

[rolanni]

It's always startling when I'm reminded how much more my back-brain knows than I do. From BabyNamer:

"Keleigh: Its source is Ceallach, an Irish Gaelic name meaning "Strife, war"."

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[keristor.livejournal.com]

Ah, possibly 'visit' in the sense many Americans use it? Meaning to chat or gossip rather than a physical visit (it puzzled me for a time how one could 'visit' on the phone). Interesting. I'm not sure how a servant ties in.

(I know very little Gaelic, only slightly more Welsh, but I'm always interested in language derivations and history...)

[ariaflame.livejournal.com]

I didn't follow the logic fully myself. It may have been due to the belief that the servant classes tended to gossip a lot.

And it would normally involve an actual physical visit, as I think it came in common use before telephones.