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Kellogg

Kellogg proper noun: an English surname transferred from the nickname. Also the ellipsis of Kellogg College.

Proper noun (1)

Kellogg

  1. An English surname transferred from the nickname.
    • In the young United States, one of the loudest anti-masturbation voices was John Harvey Kellogg, a physician and devout Seventh-Day Adventist in Battle Creek, Michigan. […] While Kellogg worked as the superintendent at Michigan’s Battle Creek Sanitarium, he hit upon a few different healthy eating...2023 January 18, Matt Soniak, “When Corn Flakes Were Part of an Anti-Masturbation Crusade”, in Mental Floss, archived from the original on 08 Apr 2025

Proper noun (2)

Kellogg

  1. A surname from Irish.

Proper noun (3)

Kellogg

  1. A city in Idaho.
  2. A city and town in Iowa.
  3. A city and town in Minnesota.

Also used as

Kellogg is also the ellipsis of Kellogg College.

Forms of Kellogg

alternative formKellough

Origin of Kellogg

Originally a nickname for a butcher, from kill hog.

Anglicized from Irish Ó Ceallaigh. Doublet of Kelly and Callahan.

Words formed from Kellogg

Phrases with Kellogg

Questions about Kellogg

What does Kellogg mean?
Kellogg means an English surname transferred from the nickname.
What part of speech is Kellogg?
Kellogg is a proper noun.

Words near Kellogg in the dictionary

  1. Kellises
  2. Kellison
  3. Kellisons
  4. Kellman
  5. Kellmans
  6. Kellogg
  7. Kellogg oak
  8. Kellogg oaks
  9. kellong
  10. kellongs
  11. Kellough

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