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[Opinions] Kaylee
Wdyt of the made up Kaylee? Do you know any?
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I like it. I know a few, it’s pretty popular. It’s like a sunnier, happier version of Kayla. But I would probably find it boring and overly cutesy if not for Kaylee Frye from Firefly, I think that character is the main reason I like this name and don’t see it the same way I see Kayla, Tayla, Hayley, Miley, Kylie, etc.
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Yes, I have encountered more than one Kaylee as well as a Katelyn who went by Kaylee. I like the sound better than the visual aspect of the name. Since it has become popular more recently, it comes across as trendy and youthful. Like Perrine, I think of it as a blended name, Kay + Lee. Kay makes me think of Arthurian myth and Lee reminds me of the Lee family in Virginia, so it is a masculine element combined with a surname to make a feminine name. I prefer Kay and Lee separately, but Kaylee isn't awful.

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I know quite a few, all with different spellings. It's ok
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I like it. Always have, probably always will. I wouldn't use it, but I think it's a happy and friendly name.Yeah, it is made up, but it's very clearly Kay plus Lee (or Leigh) so it does have a meaning. Same as Annemarie and Marysue have meanings.I prefer Kayleigh I think because in Europe this is the standard spelling, after the song. But Kaylee is perfectly fine.In the UK I find it less problematic to use because Kayleigh is way more common than the other spellings whereas even though in the US Kaylee is the most common I feel parents went for all kinds of spellings a lot more.It is dated. Very dated. But fine.Edited: I know a few Kayleigh from the UK, all born between the late 80s and mid 90s. I know some Kaylee in the US as well as a Kaley and a Kaleigh.

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With the meaning I’m sure people were just going for the sound and not thinking Kay for Katharine etc.
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Most people these days don't think of Kay as being short for Katharine, just as a short name. I've met a lot of people named Kay and none of them were short for Katherine or a related name.
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The Kay plus Lee thing is pretty obvious and even if some people didn't think of it it's where the name comes from and that is its meaning. I think many people do not worry too much about meanings but it still has one.
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No Kaylee people in my life, I'm glad to say. It's such a babyish name, if it even sounds like a name and not a weak attempt to pronounce 'gaily'.
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I know SO MANY. I guess it isn't that bad.
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