kay-lee
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I've never really liked the sound of kay-lee, sorry, but I do quite like the spelling Cayley.
More information than you probably needed.:)
If by original you mean the first version used, it's probably Caley on men.
Caley /Cayley (& variants) as a surname goes back to at least the 13th century, and pops up occasionally in the UK as a first name - almost entirely on men - from the 18th century onwards. But it's probably unrelated to Kaylee as a portmanteau of Kay and Lee, which seems to have been invented in the US. The earliest one I could find was born in 1887 in South Carolina.
It wasn't common at all though until 1985 UK song 'Kayleigh' made the US Hot 100 Billboard chart & went to #2 in the UK:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kayleigh
Here's the US popularity chart:
http://www.behindthename.com/top/name/kaley,kaylee,kayley,kayleigh
The writer of Kayleigh said he invented the name from his girlfriend's first names Kay & Lee, but he wasn't the first person to come up with it - first use in the UK was in 1937.
I don't really like any of them much, but if I had to choose one I'd probably go for Kaylie.
If by original you mean the first version used, it's probably Caley on men.
Caley /Cayley (& variants) as a surname goes back to at least the 13th century, and pops up occasionally in the UK as a first name - almost entirely on men - from the 18th century onwards. But it's probably unrelated to Kaylee as a portmanteau of Kay and Lee, which seems to have been invented in the US. The earliest one I could find was born in 1887 in South Carolina.
It wasn't common at all though until 1985 UK song 'Kayleigh' made the US Hot 100 Billboard chart & went to #2 in the UK:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kayleigh
Here's the US popularity chart:
http://www.behindthename.com/top/name/kaley,kaylee,kayley,kayleigh
The writer of Kayleigh said he invented the name from his girlfriend's first names Kay & Lee, but he wasn't the first person to come up with it - first use in the UK was in 1937.
I don't really like any of them much, but if I had to choose one I'd probably go for Kaylie.
This message was edited 5/27/2015, 8:15 AM
No no! I found that really interesting, thank you :)
I am now considering Caley on a boy.
I think it's just a bit of a name crush at the moment, but I am really interested in naming trends and popularities and how names fall in and out of fashion.
I am now considering Caley on a boy.
I think it's just a bit of a name crush at the moment, but I am really interested in naming trends and popularities and how names fall in and out of fashion.
It'd probably be tricky to have IRL, but Caley on a boy is surprisingly nice - a bit like Caleb, but without that annoying b.:)
The only one I actually think is pretty is the first spelling you have, Caelie. It looks a bit closer to the Gaelic.
I think the originallest might be Ceilidh (see Kayleigh), which is a Gaelic word.
Picking a favourite spelling of this name is tough for me. I kinda like Cailie maybe? Sort of almost? No, I don't. Kaylie maybe? I'm trying to think of what the easiest, most intuitive way to explain this name would be.
"Kaylee, like Kay+Lee"? That's pretty good, but I hate that spelling.
"Kayley, like Hayley with a K"? or "Cayley, like Hayley with a C"?
"Kaley, like kale, the vegetable, with a y"? Yeah, maybe this one.
Picking a favourite spelling of this name is tough for me. I kinda like Cailie maybe? Sort of almost? No, I don't. Kaylie maybe? I'm trying to think of what the easiest, most intuitive way to explain this name would be.
"Kaylee, like Kay+Lee"? That's pretty good, but I hate that spelling.
"Kayley, like Hayley with a K"? or "Cayley, like Hayley with a C"?
"Kaley, like kale, the vegetable, with a y"? Yeah, maybe this one.
This message was edited 5/27/2015, 6:43 AM
I wonder why I didn't put Kaylee on there... I guess I really don't like that spelling. I thought there was some kind of original name it came from but I guess not. I go through phases with tryndee names... which I have no shame about at all! As I said this time it's because I watched Firefly and like the character. But why on earth am I trying to justify it... I must be feeling defensive!
Ceilidh is my favourite spelling as it's the Celtic, though Kaelie is a guilty pleasure. When I first heard it, I loved it, but it's so popular at the moment. I think it's just a bit too tryndee for me.
The name itself feels so insubstantial to me. I never would've thought I could like anything about this name, but I met a Kailey (that's how she spelled it) in her 20s who was sort of hipster-crunchy, and seeing such a froofy trendy sounding name on a person like that gave it a different light for me. I liked the juxtaposition, and I now like that spelling of this name, if imagined on a person like that. I still don't like the froofy trendy little Kaylee image, though.
Kayleigh is the most common spelling where I'm from.
To be honest; if I heard the name KAY-LEE, I would except it to be spelt nothing like any of the options in your post.
Kaylee
Simple as that.
I know a little girl with this name and that's how it's spelt.
I dislike a lot of the other spellings, especially the ones that start with C. I suppose I could accept Kaylie at a push.
You could also consider Kayleigh.
Kaylee
Simple as that.
I know a little girl with this name and that's how it's spelt.
I dislike a lot of the other spellings, especially the ones that start with C. I suppose I could accept Kaylie at a push.
You could also consider Kayleigh.