Kaylee (and its various spellings) is a

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...

, most often for females. The name is a modern English combination of the name elements

Kay The name Kay is found both as a surname (see Kay (surname)) and as a given name. In English-speaking countries, it is usually a feminine name, often a short form of Katherine or one of its variants; but it is also used as a first name in its own ...

and

Lee Lee may refer to: Name Given name * Lee (given name), a given name in English Surname * Chinese surnames romanized as Li or Lee: ** Li (surname 李) or Lee (Hanzi ), a common Chinese surname ** Li (surname 利) or Lee (Hanzi ), a Chinese ...

. It was a popular name in the United States in the latter part of the 20th century and the early 21st century, reaching its height of popularity in 2009, when it ranked 26th among the most popular names for newborn girls. It has since declined in popularity, but remained among the top 150 names for American girls in 2020. Many variant spellings of the name are also among the most popular names for American girls. Notable people and characters with these given names include:

Caileigh

Caileigh Filmer Caileigh Filmer (born December 18, 1996) is a Canadian national representative rower, an Olympian and a 2018 world champion. Caileigh graduated from Mount Douglas Secondary in 2014 and started at University of California in fall of 2014. She ...

(born 1996), Canadian Olympic rower

Caleigh

* Caleigh Peters, American studio executive and singer-songwriter

Kailee

Kailee Dunn The Miss Washington competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Washington (state), Washington in the Miss America pageant. Regan Gallo of Pierce County, Washington, Pierce County was crowned Miss Washington 2022 ...

, Miss Washington 2014 * Kailee Moore, American singer-songwriter known professionally as

Kailee Morgue Kailee Nicole Moore (born July 15, 1998), professionally known as Kailee Morgue, is an American singer-songwriter. Career Kailee first began posting on her YouTube channel in late 2015, and started with covers of songs. Her most popular cove ...

Kailee Wong Kailee Warner Wong (born May 23, 1976) is a former American football linebacker. Originally from Eugene, Oregon, Wong played college football at Stanford and was a first-team All-American as a senior. Selected in the second round of the 1998 NF ...

, American football linebacker

Kaleigh

Kaleigh Cronin Kaleigh Elizabeth Cronin (born April 12, 1989) is an American actress and singer, best known for appearing on the third and fourth seasons of the revival of the PBS Kids television show ''ZOOM Zoom may refer to: Technology Computing * Zoom (s ...

(born 1989), American actress and singer *

Kaleigh Fratkin Kaleigh Fratkin (born March 24, 1992) is a Canadian women's ice hockey player with the Boston Pride of the Premier Hockey Federation (PHF). The third-longest tenured player and leading scorer among defenders in PHF history, she was the first Cana ...

(born 1992), Canadian ice hockey player *

Kaleigh Gilchrist Kaleigh Gilchrist (born May 16, 1992) is a dual sport athlete in surfing and water polo from Newport Beach, California. She competed on the gold medal-winning US Women's Olympic Team at the 2016 Summer Olympics contributing 6 goals. In high ...

(born 1992), American surfer and water polo player *

Kaleigh Grainger Kaleigh Michelle Grainger (born Dudley, England, 28 February 1986) is a British unicyclist. She won a gold medal at Unicon X, in China, in 2000 when only 14 years old in the pairs freestyle category. Kaleigh Grainger, the daughter of Stephen and ...

(born 1986), British unicyclist *

Kaleigh Kurtz Kaleigh Nicole Kurtz (born September 9, 1994) is an American soccer defender who plays for the North Carolina Courage in the National Women's Soccer League and Canberra United in the Australian W-League. Early life Kurtz grew up in Greer, So ...

(born 1994), American soccer player *

Kaleigh Quennec Kaleigh Quennec (born 15 February 1998) is a Canadian-Swiss ice hockey player and member of the Swiss national team, currently playing in the Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec (RSEQ) conference of U Sports with the Montreal Carabins women' ...

(born 1998), Canadian-Swiss Olympic ice hockey player * Kaleigh Rafter (born 1986), Canadian Olympic softball player *

Kaleigh Riehl Kaleigh Ann Riehl (born October 21, 1996) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a defender for National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) club San Diego Wave FC. Riehl has represented the United States at the U-18, U-20 and U-2 ...

(born 1996), American soccer player

Kaylee

* Kaylee Bryant (born 1997), American actress and model * Kaylee Dakers (born 1991), Canadian breaststroke swimmer *

Kaylee DeFer Kaylee Anne DeFer (born September 23, 1986) is a former American actress. She was known for her portrayals of Hillary Gold in ''The War at Home (TV series), The War at Home'', and of Ivy Dickens in ''Gossip Girl''. Early life DeFer was born in T ...

(born 1986), American actress * Kaylee Frye, a character from the TV series ''Firefly'' and ''Serenity'' * Kaylee Hartung (born 1985), American television journalist

Kayleigh

* Kayleigh Chetcuti (born 2000), Maltese footballer *

Kayleigh Gibbs The following is a list of characters that first appeared in the British soap opera ''Emmerdale'' in 2005, by order of first appearance. All characters were introduced by the soap's executive producer, Keith Richardson. Max King Max King, port ...

(née Crowe), a character on ''Emmerdale'' * Kayleigh Gilbert, South African actress *

Kayleigh Green Kayleigh Anne Marie Green (born 22 March 1988) is a Welsh professional footballer who plays as a forward for the Wales national team and FA WSL 1 club Brighton & Hove Albion. Green began her career with Cardiff City, before joining Yeovil Town ...

(born 1988), British footballer * Kayleigh Haywood, British murder victim * Kayleigh Hines (born 1991), English footballer * Kayleigh McEnany (born 1988), American political commentator and writer * Kayleigh McKee (born 1994), American voice actress * Kayleigh Morton, a fictional character on ''Coronation Street'' *

Kayleigh Pearson Kayleigh Emma Pearson (born 25 June 1985) is an English model who is most famous for winning '' FHM's'' second High Street Honey competition, in 2003. Born in Bath, Somerset, she was named after the Marillion song " Kayleigh" when it was in ...

(born 1985), English model * Kayleigh O'Reilly, semi-finalist in the Miss Earth 2009 pageant * Kayleigh Rose (born 1998), American singer and songwriter known professionally as Chappel Roan * Kayleigh Yeoman, participant on ''Operation Transformation''

Kayli

* Kayli Barker (born 1997), American race car driver * Kayli Carter (born 1993), American actress * Kayli Mills (born 1994), American voice actress

Kaylie

* Kaylie Buck (born 2000), Canadian Olympic snowboarder *

Kaylie Hooper ''30 Rock'' is an American television comedy series created by Tina Fey, which aired on NBC. The series takes place behind the scenes of a fictional live sketch comedy series, also airing on NBC; the name "30 Rock" refers to the address of th ...

, character in American TV comedy series ''30 Rock'' *

Kaylie Jones Kaylie Jones (born 5 August 1960 in Paris, France) is an American writer, memoirist and novelist. Biography Jones is the daughter of National Book Award-winning novelist James Jones (''From Here to Eternity''), and Gloria Jones, a former actr ...

(born 1960), American writer

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