| The girl name Bailee [ syll. bai-lee, ba-il-ee ] is pronounced as BEY-LIY- KEY. Bailee is an English name of Old English origin. Bailee is a variant of the name Bailey (English). Bailee is rather popular as a baby girl name. The name increased in popularity during the 1990s; before that, it was of very modest use only. Its usage peaked in 1997 with 0.034% of baby girls being named Bailee. It was #406 in rank then. The baby name has slipped in popularity since then. In 2007, its usage was 0.030% and its ranking #505. Among the family of girl names directly related to Bailee, Bailey (English) was the most frequently used. In 2007, it was 6 times more popular than Bailee. Baby names that sound like Bailee include Bailey (English), Baylee (English), Bella (English, German, and Italian), Beulah (English), Billie (English), Bel (English), and Belle (English and French). KEY: approx pronunciation for Bailee: B as in "be (B.IY)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"
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