Entry № 5340 · English origin

Kayleigh Kayleigh — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

Gender
Girl
Origin
English
Meaning
"Pure; a modern favourite"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Modern

A name that means "pure; a modern favourite".

Kayleigh is a variant spelling of Kaylee, a modern name linked to the sense of pure and beloved.

Pure; a modern favourite — a much-loved spelling.

The name in its native script.

Kayleigh
Transliteration
Kayleigh
Pronunciation
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Root
Grammatical form

Where Kayleigh stands.

Kayleigh does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Kayleighs before her.

Real people

In fiction

Names connected to Kayleigh.

The number behind Kayleigh.

6

The Nurturer

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Kayleigh reduce to 6, The Nurturer. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.