Kells is a surname, also used as a nickname and given name.

Notable people with the name include:

Surname

Bill Kells, New Zealand rugby league player Greg Kells, Canadian businessman and politician Harriet B. Kells, American educator, activist, suffragist, feminist, editor Iris Kells (1923–2016), English operatic soprano Isabella Foster Rogers Kells, New Zealand community leader Morley Kells, Canadian politician Robert Kells (1832–1905), British soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross Susannah Kells, pseudonym for Bernard and Judy Cornwell, English authors

Nickname

Machine Gun Kelly (rapper) ("Kells" for short), Cleveland Rapper/poet R. Kelly, an American R&B musician, sometimes referred to as "Kells" Kellin Quinn, American singer, sometimes referred to as "Kells"

Given name Michael "Mick" John Kells Fleetwood, British musician, best known as part of Fleetwood Mac Ronald Allison Kells Mason, New Zealand poet