Kaylee is a female

Female

Female is the sex of an organism, or a part of an organism, which produces non-mobile ova .- Defining characteristics :The ova are defined as the larger gametes in a heterogamous reproduction system, while the smaller, usually motile gamete, the spermatozoon, is produced by the male...

 given name

Given name

A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...

 formed through the combination of the names Kay

Kay

The name Kay \kay\ is found both as a surname and as a given name. In English-speaking countries it is usually a girl's name, often a short form of Katherine or one of its variants; but it is also used as a first name in its own right, and as a boy's name. As an English name it is pronounced kay...

 and Lee

Lee (given name)

Lee is a unisex given name. It is derived from the surname Lee and a place name meaning "wood, clearing" or "sheltered from the storm" in Old English....

. Kay is an English

English language

English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

 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

Céilidh

In modern usage, a céilidh or ceilidh is a traditional Gaelic social gathering, which usually involves playing Gaelic folk music and dancing. It originated in Ireland, but is now common throughout the Irish and Scottish diasporas...

, a type of social dance or party in Ireland and Scotland.

With the spelling Kaylee, the name was ranked as the 26th most popular name for girls born in the United States

United States

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 in 2009.

Popularity rank of name

Year	Kayleecolspan="2"|Kayleigh
	British Columbia	Netherlands	USA		England and Wales
2010		145	35	244
2009	60	139	26	229
2008	76	199	31	239
2007	56		36	249
2006	80		42	266
2005	64		40	266	97
2004			50	285	89
2003	90		53	290	86
2002	90		57	324	86
2001			66	321	74
2000	98		72	349	67
1999			69	362	65
1998			86	363	60
1997			107	382
1996			110	411
1995			127	431
1994			154	437
1993			167	402
1992			174	407
1991			199	390
1990			234	414
1989			274	407
1988			313	413
1987			386	414
1986			441	320
1985			730	792
1984			821

See also

• Céilidh
  Céilidh
  In modern usage, a céilidh or ceilidh is a traditional Gaelic social gathering, which usually involves playing Gaelic folk music and dancing. It originated in Ireland, but is now common throughout the Irish and Scottish diasporas...
  
  , a Celtic country dance with similar pronunciation
• Kayleigh
  Kayleigh
  "Kayleigh" was a number two UK hit for British neo-progressive rock band Marillion in 1985. It remains the group's most successful single in terms of chart position. The single was kept from the UK Number 1 spot by charity single "You'll Never Walk Alone" by supergroup The Crowd in the summer of...
  
  , a 1985 song by British prog-rock
  Progressive rock
  Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...
  
   group Marillion
  Marillion
  Marillion are a British rock band, formed in Aylesbury, England in 1979. Their recorded studio output comprises sixteen albums generally regarded in two distinct eras, delineated by the departure of original vocalist & frontman Fish in late 1988, and the subsequent arrival of replacement Steve...
  
   which popularised the name
• Kayla, Kylie, similar female given names with different etymologies.
• Kaylynn
  Kaylynn
  -Biography:Kaylynn was born in Birmingham, Alabama, and grew up in New York, Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Before working in the adult industry she worked a number of jobs, including those of a security guard, cashier, bagger and stripper....
  
  
• Kaylee DeFer
  Kaylee DeFer
  Kaylee DeFer is an American actress. DeFer currently stars in The CW's Gossip Girl as Ivy Dickens, a con artist who assumes the role of the Serena van der Woodsen's cousin Charlie Rhodes...
  
   (b. 1986), American actress
• Kaylee Frye, a character from the television series Firefly (2002–2003) and the movie Serenity (2005)