Kaley

Attested across 14 languages in the etymology graph.

Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Kaley, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.

• Hayley
• Caleigh
• Haylee
• Hailey
• Bailey
• Leigh
• Callie
• Kayleigh
• Casey
• Ashley
• Carrie
• Caitlin

From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.

Kaley is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Argentina, Peru, Brazil

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Káley, Kàley

52 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Kaley is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• English: variant spelling of KAYLEY . Variant: Kaleigh .

  as a word

• In Somali, to come

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

• Kaley Cuocob. 1985USAmerican actress and producer (born 1985)
• Kaley Fountainb. 1988USAmerican soccer player
• Kaley Andrea KramerGBresearcher
• Kaley DavisUSresearcher (ORCID 0000-0003-4826-2934)
• Kaley Lane EatonUSAmerican composer and music professor

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

How do you pronounce Kaley?

A machine transcription gives /ˈkeɪɫi/ (IPA) for English.

Where does the name Kaley come from?

Americanized spelling of German Kahle. Compare Kahley or Kohler (see Kohler). Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.

What are other forms of the name Kaley?

In the etymology graph, Karen, Catherine and Kathy are forms of the same name in other languages; it is recorded as a short form of Kathryn and Kay.

How common is the name Kaley?

In the United States, the national register counted 12,428 people named Kaley in 2020, about 1 in 27 thousand residents.

Is Kaley a male or female name?

Kaley is a female name. National registers that list it by sex list it as female: United States (Census Bureau, 2020).

What does the name Kaley mean?

Recorded meaning: Americanized spelling of German Kahle.

In which country does Kaley have the most bearers?

In the United States, the national register counted about 12 thousand people named Kaley, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled kaley.

Where is Kaley most common?

Kaley is densest in the United States, where the national register counts about 1 in 27 thousand people carrying it.