Keylee

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 29 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
29
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Keylee by the numbers

Keylee was given to 29 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 106 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Keylee

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

  • Kenleeroyal meadow; a form of Kingsley121 in the US (2017)
  • Kaylee3,390 in the US (2017)
  • Kylee864 in the US (2017)
  • Khylee56 in the US (2017)
  • Keylen18 in the US (2017)
  • Keilee13 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Keylee

Names that are said the same way as Keylee, 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)
  • Keyleighclearing with keys; a form of Keeley10 in the US (2017)
  • Kelleighbright-headed; a form of Kelly8 in the US (2017)
  • Keighleyfrom the narrow clearing; place name6 in the US (2017)
  • Keleigh15 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Keylee

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