Girl · Scottish Gaelic
Kinley
Say it: KIN-lee
Meaning
From the Scottish surname McKinley, Gaelic MacFhionnlaigh 'son of Fionnlagh' (fionn 'white, fair' and laoch 'warrior').
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
A 2010s American fashion.
Its wave through time
Most used in the 2010s
In the United States
- 17,664 babies given this name since 1917
- At its height in 2012, about 1 in 1,000 girls
- 709 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Kinlee
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Where this comes from
- Modern use, as a recently created name
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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