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in reply to a message by Katie
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.
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.
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