Kaleigh
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 173 babies a year in the US.
Kaleigh by the numbers
Kaleigh was given to 173 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 728 babies in 2001, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Kaleigh
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 Kaleigh. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Kaleigh
Names that are said the same way as Kaleigh, 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)
- Caleigha form of caley or callie112 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)
- Cayleighfree man; a modern respelling of Carley or Carleigh64 in the US (2017)
- Kaleithe wreath or garland40 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Kaleigh
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