Calleigh
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 94 babies a year in the US.
Calleigh by the numbers
Calleigh was given to 94 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 335 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Calleigh
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Calleigh. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Carleighman; a modern spelling of Carley or Carla177 in the US (2017)
- Caleigha form of caley or callie112 in the US (2017)
- Cayleighfree man; a modern respelling of Carley or Carleigh64 in the US (2017)
- Caileighwoman warrior; a form of Kayley37 in the US (2017)
- Caeleigh10 in the US (2017)
- Charleighfree man; a form of Charles667 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Calleigh
Names that are said the same way as Calleigh, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Cayleeclearing where cows graze; a modern respelling of Cayley268 in the US (2017)
- Kayleybattle; a form of Kaylee or Caoimhe100 in the US (2017)
- Caileystrife or battle; a modern respelling of Caley64 in the US (2017)
- Kaleithe wreath or garland40 in the US (2017)
- Kalleighbeautiful; a spelling variant of Callie29 in the US (2017)
- Cayleyclearing where cows graze; a form of Kayleigh14 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Calleigh
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