Kaileen

A girls’ name of Hawaiian origin, meaning the sea; form of Kailea or Kailani.

Babies a year
10
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Kaileen by the numbers

Kaileen was given to 10 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 26 babies in 2004, making it a 2000s name.

Other names that come from Kailea

Like Kaileen, each of these traces back to Kailea: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.

  • Kailea33 in the US (2017)
  • Kaileiasea; variant of Kailea or Kaeleigh7 in the US (2017)

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Kaileen. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Karleenfree person; a form of Caroline or Carla10 in the US (2017)
  • Kailee277 in the US (2017)
  • Kayleen133 in the US (2017)
  • Kaileena8 in the US (2017)
  • Keileen5 in the US (2017)
  • Kathleenpure; a form of Katherine310 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Kaileen

Names that are said the same way as Kaileen, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Kailynpure; a modern respelling of Caitlin294 in the US (2017)
  • Kaylinpure; a modern respelling of Caitlin or Katelin290 in the US (2017)
  • Kailynnpure; a modern respelling of Caitlin157 in the US (2017)
  • Kaylynpure; a modern respelling of Kaitlyn or Katelyn130 in the US (2017)
  • Cailynpure; a modern respelling of Caitlin or Caitlyn87 in the US (2017)
  • Cailynnpure; a modern respelling of Caitlyn or Caitlin40 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean the sea

Like Kaileen, each of these has the sea in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Dylanson of the sea10,158 in the US (2017)
  • Kaisea672 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Mariaof the sea; a form of Mary522 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Marystar of the sea; beloved2,381 in the US (2017)
  • Morgansea-born; great and bright2,273 in the US (2017)
  • Mariahof the sea; a form of Maria1,604 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Kaileen

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