Kayley
A girls’ name of Irish origin, meaning battle; a form of Kaylee or Caoimhe.
Kayley by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Kayley. In the US, 100 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 461 babies in 1999, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.
Other names that come from Caoimhe
Like Kayley, each of these traces back to Caoimhe: 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 Kayley. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Karleyfree man; a modern respelling of Carla or Carly124 in the US (2017)
- Kaylenarrow strait or channel; a modern respelling of Kyle43 in the US (2017)
- Kaeleyslender or fair; a modern respelling of Kaelen15 in the US (2017)
- Kyleygraceful; a form of Kylie12 in the US (2017)
- Kaylee3,390 in the US (2017)
- Kailey451 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Kayley
Names that are said the same way as Kayley, 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)
- Kaleithe wreath or garland40 in the US (2017)
- Caileighwoman warrior; a form of Kayley37 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a warrior
Like Kayley, each of these has a warrior in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Rydermounted warrior, cavalry soldier3,324 in the US (2017)
- Finleyfair-haired warrior1,733 in England and Wales (2025)
- Matildamighty in battle1,449 in England and Wales (2025)
- Sloanewarrior, raider; from Sloan1,405 in the US (2017)
- Maeveshe who intoxicates; a warrior queen1,330 in England and Wales (2025)
- Harlowrocky hill or army hill832 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Kayley
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