Caylei as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Caylei

What is the meaning of the name Caylei ?

The baby name Caylei is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈkeɪli/ (KAY-lee) or /keɪˈleɪ/ (KAY-lay).

Caylei is English in Origin.

Caylei is a modern, creative respelling within the Kaylee family of names, likely pronounced KAY-lee. It blends Kay - often a short form of Katherine/Catherine - with Lee, an English surname-element from Old English leah “woodland clearing” or “meadow.” The look of the -lei ending may also echo Scottish Gaelic cèilidh (pronounced “KAY-lee”), a word for a festive gathering that has helped popularize the sound, though the name itself is primarily an English-language coinage.

The Kaylee cluster surged in North America from the late 1980s through the 2000s; while Caylei remains uncommon, it fits the period’s inventive spellings. Common variants include Kaylee, Kayleigh, Kailey, Kailee, Kaley, Kaylie, Caleigh, Cailey, and Caylee, with rarer forms like Kaeli or Kayli. Meanings are usually drawn from the components: Kay (linked to Katherine, “pure”) plus Lee (“meadow/clearing”), yielding interpretations such as “pure meadow.”