Kaylee is a name of modern origin, and a combination of the names Kay and Lee. In Irish, Kay stands for ‘pure’ from the Gaelic name Caitlin, in English Kay means ‘keeper of the keys’. Lee is of Old English origin and means ‘clearing’ or ‘meadow.’
Kaylee is a first name typically given to girls, but in rare cases also used as a boys name.
The first name Kaylee is one of the top 100 most popular girls names in the US – currently at #71 in our SmartGenius ranking. Over 1,000 babies each year are named Kaylee, accounting for approximately 0.20 % of all newborn girls. In the entire USA, approximately 135,177 people – children, adults and seniors – currently bear the name Kaylee. That is 0.04 % of all living Americans.
Kaylee Defer (*1986)
Her role as Ivy Dickens on the television show 'Gossip Girl' brought her fame: the American actress Kaylee Defer starred in the series for three seasons (2011 – 2012). Before that, she already appeared in large shows such as 'Drake & Josh' (2004), 'The War at Home' (2005 – 2007) and 'How I Met Your Mother' (2010, 2013). Throughout her career, Defer has been praised for her versatility and ability to bring nuance and depth to her performances.
Kaylee Hartung (*1985)
Kaylee Hartung is an American journalist and news anchor. She served as a contributor for both CNN and ABC News, covering a wide range of news stories, including major events such as natural disasters or elections. In January 2023, she joined NBC News' 'The Today Show' as a National correspondent. Hartung is known for her insightful reporting and engaging on-air presence which earned her several awards nominations.
Kaylee Bryant (*1997)
The American actress Kaylee Marie Kaneshiro Bryant is best known for her role as Josie Saltzman on The CW series 'Legacies' (2018 – 2021). She made her acting debut at the age of 8 and went on to appear in television shows and films , including 'American Horror Story' (2011), 'Criminal Minds' (2016), 'Santa Clarita Diet' (2017 – 2018) or 'The Locksmith' (2021).
Kaylee Dakers (*1991)
Kaylee Dakers is a former Canadian breaststroke swimmer, and university soccer player. She is a member of the Cobra Swim Club and the Canadian 18&U woman's soccer team. At the age of 16, she made the Senior National Time Standards, qualifying for Olympic Trials in April in the 200m breaststroke. She is also member of the University of Cincinnati Women's soccer team.
There are only 537 different women’s names registered in every single state in the U.S., and Kaylee is one of them. However, Kaylee is not equally widespread in all states, but people in Nevada seem to particularly fancy this name – the 1,070 women called Kaylee who live here are 0,240% of all female residents and push their name up to #95, easily placing it in the top 100 most common female names in Nevada.
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 six letters, the name Kaylee is of average length. In fact, 28% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly six letters. 24% of all first names are shorter, while 48% have seven letters or more. 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 Kaylee 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 Kaylee, you can simply say:
Koala
Apple
Yoyo
Lion
Elephant
Elephant
Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.
Kaylee
Kaylee
Just use American Sign Language!
These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.
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A
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L
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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.
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A
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L
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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. Kaylee sounds like this:
