The name Kylie is of Australian origin meaning ‘boomerang’ or ‘a girl from the bush’. It is derived from the word ‘kylie’, which is an aboriginal word for the boomerang, a traditional hunting tool used by native Australians.
Kylie is a first name typically given to girls, but in rare cases also used as a boys name.
The first name Kylie is one of the top 100 most popular girls names in the US – currently at #96 in our SmartGenius ranking. Over 1,000 babies each year are named Kylie, accounting for approximately 0.20 % of all newborn girls. In the entire USA, approximately 116,201 people – children, adults and seniors – currently bear the name Kylie. That is 0.03 % of all living Americans.
The name Kylie is of Australian origin meaning ‘boomerang’ or ‘a girl from the bush’. It is derived from the word ‘kylie’, which is an aboriginal word for the boomerang, a traditional hunting tool used by native Australians.
It might also... have originated from the Kulin Nation, the indigenous people of the area around Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Kylie Jenner (*1997)
As a part of the famous 'Kardashian-Jenner Clan' Kylie Jenner has been the youngest billionaire for a long time. She rose to fame by starring in the reality TV series 'Keeping Up with the Kardashians' (2007 – 2021) alongside her numerous half-siblings such as Kim Kardashian. She now runs the successful cosmetics brand 'Kylie Cosmetics' and ranked fourth most followed person on Instagram at times.
Kylie Minogue (*1968)
The Australian singer started her career in the 1980s releasing the hit singles 'I Should Be So Lucky' (1987) and 'The Loco-Motion' (1988). After a break, she made her big comeback in the early 2000s. She landed hit after hit, including the catchy tunes 'Can't get you out of my Head' (2001) and 'In your Eyes' (2001). She is the highest-selling female Australian artist of all time.
Kylie Bisutti (*1990)
The American author and former model is familiar to many people for winning the 'Victoria's Secret Model Search' competition in 2009. She soon gave up modelling, however, and published her memoir 'I'm No Angel: From Victoria's Secret Model to Role Model' (2013). Because of her Christian belief, she launched a Christian clothing line called God Inspired Fashion.
Kylie Verzosa (*1992)
The Filipino actress and model rose to international fame as a beauty queen. In 2016 she both won the 'Binibining Pilipinas International' and 'Miss International' contests. Verzosa subsequently transitioned into acting, appearing in various series and films.
The name Kylie may not be in the top rankings of the most popular girls’ names, but it is one of the few female given names, along with only 536 others, that can be found in every single state in the U.S. from Alaska to Florida and from California to New York. Of course, the name occurs more frequently in some states than in others – and Kylie is apparently especially popular in Nevada. Although the name is not one of the top 100 most popular women’s names here either, one in 433 women in Nevada is called Kylie. In total, that’s 1,031 women who feel addressed when the name Kylie is shouted loudly across Nevada and who ensure that their name makes it to #105 in our SmartGenius ranking of the most common female names in this nice state. If you asked all women in the entire U.S. for their first name, you would hear Kylie as the answer a total of 116,167 times. This places Kylie at #292 in our SmartGenius statistics for the most popular women’s names in the whole of the USA. This is true for all currently living women across all states and age groups – the recent popularity of the name Kylie as a baby name is, of course, a bit different, as you can see from the statistics above.
Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter K is a real popular first letter for girls' names. That’s because 7.5% of all common girls’ names in the US begin with this letter. Only the first letters A, S and M are more common for girls' names.
With five letters, the name Kylie is comparatively short. In fact, 17.0% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly five letters. Only 7% of all first names are even shorter, while 75% have more than five letters. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long. There are no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.
That means that if 7.5% of all girls' names start with a K, this initial letter occurs more than twice as often as all 26 letters on average. Interesting detail: of all the girls' names that begin with a K, Karen is the most common.
If your name is Kylie and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...
So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Kylie, you can simply say:
Koala
Yoyo
Lion
Igloo
Elephant
Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.
Kylie
Kylie
Just use American Sign Language!
These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.
K
Y
L
I
E
In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.
K
Y
L
I
E
In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Kylie sounds like this:
