Eilee
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 27 babies a year in the US.
Eilee by the numbers
Eilee was given to 27 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
What we can tell you about Eilee
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 Eilee. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Eileenbright or shining one; form of Evelyn421 in the US (2017)
- Emileerival; a modern spelling of Emily322 in the US (2017)
- Elleeshining light; a respelling of Ellie or Eleanor68 in the US (2017)
- Eilenebright; a form of Eileen6 in the US (2017)
- Eilebright or shining4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Eiley32 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Eilee
Names that are said the same way as Eilee, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Eilee
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