Kaye
A boys’ name of Greek origin, meaning pure; a form of Katherine or Kay.
Kaye by the numbers
Kaye was given to 8 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 538 babies in 1947, so it is a 1940s name that has since fallen a long way.
Other names that come from Katherine
Like Kaye, each of these traces back to Katherine: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Katherinepure2,833 in the US (2017)
- Katiepure; a diminutive of Katherine770 in the US (2017)
- Katelynpure; a modern variant of Katherine760 in the US (2017)
- Kathrynpure; variant spelling of Katherine744 in the US (2017)
- Kitdiminutive of Christopher or Katherine413 in England and Wales (2025)
- Kaelynpure; a modern variant of Katelyn or Katherine332 in the US (2017)
- Kathleenpure; a form of Katherine310 in the US (2017)
- Katrinavariant of Katherine; pure or unsullied193 in the US (2017)
Other names that come from Kay
Like Kaye, each of these traces back to Kay: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Kaye. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Kaye
Names that are said the same way as Kaye, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean purity
Like Kaye, each of these has purity in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Jadejade stone; symbol of virtue and beauty2,765 in the US (2017)
- Justicejustice; fairness; virtue name1,100 in the US (2017)
- Zakaipure; remembers god182 in the US (2017)
- Salehrighteous, good, virtuous34 in England and Wales (2025)
- Wisdomwisdom; virtue name71 in the US (2017)
- Tahirpure; clean; chaste9 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Kaye
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