Kayleigh as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Kayleigh

What is the meaning of the name Kayleigh ?

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

Kayleigh is English in Origin.

Kayleigh (KAY-lee) is a modern English feminine name, a respelling of Kaylee formed from Kay + Leigh. Kay is a medieval short form of Katherine, often glossed “pure,” while Leigh derives from Old English leah “meadow, clearing.” The blend is thus sometimes interpreted as “pure meadow.” The -leigh ending reflects British surname style.

Use surged in Britain after Marillion’s 1985 hit single “Kayleigh,” and the name spread through the Anglophone world in the 1990s–2000s. In the United States it entered the charts in the late 1980s and remains familiar, buoyed by flexible spellings. Variant spellings include Kaylee, Kayley, Kailey, Kaley, Kailee, Caleigh, and Caylee; related forms such as Ceilidh occur but are Gaelic in origin. Some link the name’s sound to Scottish Gaelic céilidh “social gathering,” though Kayleigh is generally treated as a modern English coinage.