Kaylee
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Kaylee is a female
Female
Female is the sex of an organism, or a part of an organism, which produces non-mobile ova .- Defining characteristics :The ova are defined as the larger gametes in a heterogamous reproduction system, while the smaller, usually motile gamete, the spermatozoon, is produced by the male...

 given name
Given name
A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...

 formed through the combination of the names Kay
Kay
The name Kay \kay\ is found both as a surname and as a given name. In English-speaking countries it is usually a girl's name, often a short form of Katherine or one of its variants; but it is also used as a first name in its own right, and as a boy's name. As an English name it is pronounced kay...

 and Lee
Lee (given name)
Lee is a unisex given name. It is derived from the surname Lee and a place name meaning "wood, clearing" or "sheltered from the storm" in Old English....

. Kay is an English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

 short form of the name Katherine, while Lee means "pasture" in English. Alternately it is sometimes considered as an Anglicized version of the Irish Gaelic céilidh
Céilidh
In modern usage, a céilidh or ceilidh is a traditional Gaelic social gathering, which usually involves playing Gaelic folk music and dancing. It originated in Ireland, but is now common throughout the Irish and Scottish diasporas...

, a type of social dance or party in Ireland and Scotland.

With the spelling Kaylee, the name was ranked as the 26th most popular name for girls born in the United States
United States
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 in 2009.

Popularity rank of name

Year Kayleecolspan="2"|Kayleigh
British Columbia Netherlands USA England and Wales
2010 145 35 244
2009 60 139 26 229
2008 76 199 31 239
2007 56 36 249
2006 80 42 266
2005 64 40 266 97
2004 50 285 89
2003 90 53 290 86
2002 90 57 324 86
2001 66 321 74
2000 98 72 349 67
1999 69 362 65
1998 86 363 60
1997 107 382
1996 110 411
1995 127 431
1994 154 437
1993 167 402
1992 174 407
1991 199 390
1990 234 414
1989 274 407
1988 313 413
1987 386 414
1986 441 320
1985 730 792
1984 821

See also

  • Céilidh
    Céilidh
    In modern usage, a céilidh or ceilidh is a traditional Gaelic social gathering, which usually involves playing Gaelic folk music and dancing. It originated in Ireland, but is now common throughout the Irish and Scottish diasporas...

    , a Celtic country dance with similar pronunciation
  • Kayleigh
    Kayleigh
    "Kayleigh" was a number two UK hit for British neo-progressive rock band Marillion in 1985. It remains the group's most successful single in terms of chart position. The single was kept from the UK Number 1 spot by charity single "You'll Never Walk Alone" by supergroup The Crowd in the summer of...

    , a 1985 song by British prog-rock
    Progressive rock
    Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...

     group Marillion
    Marillion
    Marillion are a British rock band, formed in Aylesbury, England in 1979. Their recorded studio output comprises sixteen albums generally regarded in two distinct eras, delineated by the departure of original vocalist & frontman Fish in late 1988, and the subsequent arrival of replacement Steve...

     which popularised the name
  • Kayla, Kylie, similar female given names with different etymologies.
  • Kaylynn
    Kaylynn
    -Biography:Kaylynn was born in Birmingham, Alabama, and grew up in New York, Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Before working in the adult industry she worked a number of jobs, including those of a security guard, cashier, bagger and stripper....

  • Kaylee DeFer
    Kaylee DeFer
    Kaylee DeFer is an American actress. DeFer currently stars in The CW's Gossip Girl as Ivy Dickens, a con artist who assumes the role of the Serena van der Woodsen's cousin Charlie Rhodes...

     (b. 1986), American actress
  • Kaylee Frye, a character from the television series Firefly (2002–2003) and the movie Serenity (2005)
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