Keighli as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Keighli

What is the meaning of the name Keighli ?

The baby name Keighli is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈkiːli/ (KEE-lee); sometimes pronounced /ˈkaɪli/ (KY-lee).

Keighli is English, Irish in Origin.

Keighli (pronounced KEE-lee) is a contemporary respelling that draws on two streams. From Irish Keeley, a given name and surname from Ó Caollaidhe (“descendant of Caolladh”), it carries the Gaelic root caol, meaning “slender, fine” and by extension “graceful.” It also echoes the English surname/place-name Keighley of West Yorkshire, whose -ley element denotes a “woodland clearing/meadow”; while the town is locally “KEETH-lee,” personal-name spellings with -eigh- are commonly pronounced “-lee,” shaping Keighli’s sound.

As a given name, Keighli emerges in late 20th‑century English-speaking use amid the vogue for -leigh/-li endings and creative variants. Usage is light and chiefly feminine in the United States, Canada, and Australia, with occasional unisex notes. Related forms include Keeley, Keely, Keeli, Keelie, Keighley, Keelynn, and Kaylee-adjacent spellings. Depending on the lineage emphasized, meanings range from “slender/graceful” to “(X’s) clearing/meadow.”

⚙ Keighli is absent from every birth registry and name dataset we follow. Most often that means a rare name, a regional or heritage one, or a recent coinage. Either way, it's a name very few children share.