Girl · English (modern), origin uncertain
Kylee
Say it: KY-lee
Meaning
A spelling of Kylie, which became popular in Australia in the mid-20th century. It matches kylie, an Australian English word for a boomerang from a Western Australian Aboriginal language, but there is no proof the name comes from it; it may simply be a feminine of Kyle or a blend.
Disputedsharp disagreement, or a popular meaning that is not supported.
This spelling was taken up in the US in the 1990s alongside Kylie.
Its wave through time
Most used in the 2010s
In the United States
- 48,899 babies given this name since 1965
- At its height in 2010, about 1 in 789 girls
- 568 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Kylie, Kyleigh, Kiley
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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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