Kaylie and variants

Last night I had a dream of the name kay-lee.

In my dream I had to pick four spelling for four girls (not my daughters, random girls, but I did have dreams of future children and their names before too but they were different) and I picked Kayleigh, Kayley, Kaley and Caley. Then I needed to pick another one and chose Kaylie.

Which is odd because I never really liked the spelling Kaylie before. But now it has sort of grown on me.

So I was wondering:

  1. What is your favorite way to spell kay-lee?
  2. Which is the most common spelling in your area?
  3. Which one of these spelling would you pick and why? Kayleigh, Kayley, Kaley, Caley, Kaylie?
  4. What do you think of Kaylie?

And yes, I have weird dreams!

I’d probably spell it Kaylee? I don’t usually like -lee spellings but that was the first one that came to mind! However, my actual favourite spelling is Ceilidh.

Out of your list, my favourite is Kayley. I don’t like Kayleigh because -eigh endings look too busy to me and hard to work with abroad, Kaley reminds me of kale and Caley might get mispronounced. Kaylie is my second favourite but when I first saw it I misread it as Kylie, so that’s why I like Kayley more!

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  1. it would be kayley ! it feels the most intuitive for the kay-lee sound and i like the two ā€˜y’ look aesthetically. i also love ceili for this fantasy, mysterious character in a storybook vibe it has
  2. i wouldn’t know :sweat_smile: i’ve never met one where i live
  3. i like kayley and kaylie the most
  4. i find it quite nice ! it’s a very summer name to me, reminds me of neon colours, drinking cocktails on vacation and late night parties :sunny: also, it feels more ā€˜feminine’ than the other spellings, if that’s something you’d prefer
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1. What is your favorite way to spell kay-lee?

Okay, I genuinely don’t know - and it’s one of my problems with the name - I like the sound but I can never decide about a spelling. That said, maybe [name_f]Ceilidh[/name_f] or [name_f]Kaylee[/name_f]?

2. Which is the most common spelling in your area?

I’ve only ever encountered three kay-lees, but two of them were spelled [name_f]Kayleigh[/name_f], so maybe that? It doesn’t rank currently in the UK top 500 though (the other was a [name_f]Caileigh[/name_f], if you’re interested)

3. Which one of these spelling would you pick and why? [name_f]Kayleigh[/name_f], [name_f]Kayley[/name_f], [name_f]Kaley[/name_f], [name_u]Caley[/name_u], [name_f]Kaylie[/name_f]?

I think [name_f]Kayleigh[/name_f] - as I say, it’s the one I’ve encountered more than once and looks complete?

4. What do you think of [name_f]Kaylie[/name_f]?

It’s pretty and growing on me

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[name_f]Kayleigh[/name_f] and [name_f]Kaylie[/name_f] are my top picks

[name_f]Kayleigh[/name_f] is more sweet and [name_f]Kaylie[/name_f] is more spunky!

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I would probably choose [name_f]Kaylie[/name_f]. It looks the most balanced to me.

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I am a fan of the show [name_u]Firefly[/name_u] so my favorite spelling of [name_f]Kaylee[/name_f] is [name_f]Kaylee[/name_f] like the character.

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I like [name_f]Kaley[/name_f] best!!! In theory i love [name_u]Caley[/name_u], but i’d probably pronounce it like [name_f]Callie[/name_f] because there’s a shop round the corner where i live called [name_u]Caley[/name_u] and it’s prn like that

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[name_f]Cailey[/name_f] is my favorite. :yarn::cat:
Feels sooo sweet and warm! It’s always reminded me of calico, based on the spelling. I adored the word ā€œcalicoā€ and its print as a little child!

As for what’s common… I’ve met a [name_f]Kaylee[/name_f], two [name_f]Cailey[/name_f], [name_f]Kaylie[/name_f], and [name_u]Keily[/name_u]. Never the same twice, aside from the [name_f]Cailey[/name_f] girls!

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  1. plain and simple Kaylie! I like the simplicity of it Ceilidh just confuses me and Kayleigh seems a bit extra.
  2. haven’t ever met one!
  3. Kaylie, again just because of it’s simplicity
  4. Not my favorite name, not a name I like very much either. But it’s alright.
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I know a [name_f]Kaylee[/name_f] and a [name_u]Caley[/name_u] but I’d pick [name_f]Caylie[/name_f]

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my sisters name is kaley so that is my favourite spelling <3 this spelling is not overly common too which is nice

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  1. [name_f]Kaylee[/name_f]!
  2. [name_f]Kaylie[/name_f]
  3. [name_f]Kayleigh[/name_f] and [name_f]Kaylie[/name_f]
  4. I don’t hate it, but I’m not a huge fan.
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  1. i prefer kaylie
  2. i don’t know the most common spellings, i’ve never met one that wasn’t that one girl in elementary school i named kayle pronounced kaylie or my cousin kaylie (which even that might not be spelled the same)
  3. kaylie
  4. it reminds me of my cousin, she does/did diving and so tall towers and deep pools and summer n stuff
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  1. What is your favorite way to spell kay-lee?

[name_f]Kaylee[/name_f] is the most intuitive for me.

2. Which is the most common spelling in your area?

[name_f]Kailey[/name_f], [name_f]Kaylie[/name_f], or [name_f]Kaylee[/name_f]

3. Which one of these spelling would you pick and why? [name_f]Kayleigh[/name_f], [name_f]Kayley[/name_f], [name_f]Kaley[/name_f], [name_u]Caley[/name_u], [name_f]Kaylie[/name_f]?

[name_f]Kaylie[/name_f]- it’s the most intuitive and simple.

4. What do you think of [name_f]Kaylie[/name_f]?

It’s okay. I’m pretty neutral on it.

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what do you think of the spelling kailey?

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