Kaylei
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 57 babies a year in the US.
Kaylei by the numbers
Kaylei was given to 57 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 128 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Kaylei
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 Kaylei. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Kaylei
Names that are said the same way as Kaylei, 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)
- 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)
- Caileighwoman warrior; a form of Kayley37 in the US (2017)
- Kalleighbeautiful; a spelling variant of Callie29 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Kaylei
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