Keleigh

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 15 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
15
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Keleigh by the numbers

Keleigh was given to 15 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 34 babies in 1991, making it a 1990s name.

What we can tell you about Keleigh

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 Keleigh. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

Sounds like Keleigh

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

  • Keeleybeautiful; likely from O'Caolaidhe84 in the US (2017)
  • Kelleybright-headed or descended from Ceallach; a form of Kelly38 in the US (2017)
  • Keighleyfrom the narrow clearing; place name6 in the US (2017)
  • Keylee29 in the US (2017)
  • Keilee13 in the US (2017)
  • Keeleigh12 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Keleigh

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