Kaylee

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related names=Cailey, Caylee, Kailee, Kaileigh, Kailey, Kaley, Kayleigh, Kayley, Kayli, Kaylie
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Kaylee is a female given name, a combination of the names Kay and Lee. Kay is an English short form of the name Katherine, while Lee means "pasture" in English. Alternately it is sometimes considered as an Anglicized version of the Irish Gaelic "céilidh," a type of social dance or party in Ireland and Scotland.

With the spelling Kaylee, the name was ranked as the 36th most popular name for girls born in the United States in 2007. [ [http://www.behindthename.com/top/search.php?terms=kaylee Behind the Name] ]

It may refer to:

*Kaylee DeFer (b. 1986), American actress
*Kaylee Frye, a character from the television series "Firefly" (2002-2003) and the movie "Serenity" (2005)

Popularity rank of name

ee also

*Céilidh, a Celtic country dance with similar pronunciation
*Kayleigh, a 1985 song by British prog-rock group Marillion which popularised the name
*Kayla and Kylie, similar female given names with different etymologies (meanings)

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