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Kailyn - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Kailyn
 
 

 


The girl name Kailyn [ syll. kai-lyn, ka-il-yn ] is pronounced KEY-LIHN KEY. Kailyn is of Celtic origin and it is used largely in the English language. Kailyn is a form of the English and Irish Kayley.

Kailyn is rather popular as a baby girl name. The name has been rising in popularity since the 1990s; prior to that, it was of only very light use. At the modest peak of its usage in 2007, 0.032% of baby girls were given the name Kailyn. It had a ranking of #488 then. Out of all girl names in its family, Kailyn was the most popular in 2007. Kailyn was 96% more commonly used than the next ranked name, the English and Irish Kayley, in that year.

Baby names that sound like Kailyn include the English Kaylin, the English Kaylyn, the English Kaylynn, the English Kalyn, the English Kayleen, the English Kaylene, the English Calina, the English Colleen, the English Coline, and the English and Scottish Calumina.

KEY: approx pronunciation for Kailyn: K as in "key (K.IY)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"


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