What Does The Name Kayleigh Mean?

The name, Kayleigh is believed to be of Irish origin, and means slender. It is also said to be a descendant of the name Caollaidhe. The name Kayleigh has many different spellings and some examples of this are:

• Kaylee
• Kaleigh
• Kailey
• Kaylie
• Kayley

There are also a number of shortenings of the name that are used in modern society, or simply used because people like to shorten their name. Some examples of these are:

• Kay
• Leigh
• Kayla
• K
• Lee

There are a number of famous Kayleigh's and these include:

• Kayleigh Pearson, a British model who frequently makes the top 100 of the sexiest women in the world poll, carried out annually in the UK men's magazine FHM
• Layla Kayleigh, a naturalized American model and TV presenter, most famous for presenting a number of shows for the MTV network. She has also appeared in the film A Simple Promise

Kayleigh is also the name of the most popular songs recorded by the Scottish rock band, Marillion. The song, which was a number 2 hit in the United Kingdom, is said to be responsible for the increase in the amount of people called Kayleigh since its release. In 2005, 96% of the people that were called Kayleigh, were said to have been born since the record's release.
Marillion were formed in 1979, and their most successful album, Misplaced Childhood, spawned two top 10 singles in the UK. Kayleigh and Lavender were the hits from the album, and following the release of their fourth album, Clutching at Straws, the lead singer, Derek W Dick, better known as Fish, left the band to be replaced by Steve Hogarth. Minor success followed and the band is still releasing albums to this day.

It means slender and slight and very beautiful and your life shall be the boom {you will having a great wealthy life and you do well with the chances you have in life} ! Lol lol lol lol :):)

It means beautiful, bright, sheltered from storms fun life, an Irish dance,perfect, slender and slight

The name Kayleigh means a pure feild of meadow basiclly because you use the names Kay and Leigh put together and Kay means pure, virginial and the name Leigh means field, meadow. So the name Kayleigh means pure, viriginial, field, meadow.

The name kayleigh maens beautiful and perfect in every way shape or form x

The name Kayleigh is a compound American name for Kay and Lee. Kay means "bright", "beautiful" and Lee means "Sheltered from the storm". For further detail visit Name meaning.

I'm not 100% about what it means, but it means fun life.
Also its a scottish dance.

My name is kayleigh and I didnt really like it untill I found out it mean beautiful,  sheltered from storms and bright. Yes it is also a name of a song but unless you spell it KAYLEIGH  thenit doesnt mean the same

As my name is kayleigh I can tell you it means smart beautiful and sheltered from storms it also  is the name of a song it is also the name of a dance and means fun life

Its an irish dance x

Marillion did not make it up,or maybe they did , but they were not the first ones to make it up. It is  of Irish gaelic origin. BM that is ;P

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