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[ 1 syll. ka-ye, kay-e ] The girl name Kaye is pronounced KEY †. Kaye is of Old Greek and Old Greek origin, and it is used mainly in English. Kaye is a spelling variant of Kay (English and German). Kaye is rare as a baby name for girls. At the modest peak of its usage in 1943, 0.033% of baby girls were named Kaye. Its ranking then was #322. The baby name has since fallen out of favor, and is currently of only very light use. Out of all girl names in its group, Kaye was nevertheless the most regularly used in 2008. Although Kaye is today more frequently used for girls, there was a period from 1931 to 1932 when more boys were given the name. After 1933, increasingly the name became more popular with girls than with boys. Kaye as a girl name outnumbered its use as boy name by 2 times in 1934. Baby names that sound like Kaye include Kae (English), Kay (English and German), Kei (Japanese), Cae, Cay (German), Caye, Ka (Dutch), Kace (English), Kai (Scandinavian, English, Hawaiian, and German), Kaj (German and Scandinavian), Kass (English), Kayce (English), Kayse (English), Kea (English), Keke (Hawaiian), Kess, Kesse, Kez (English), Ki, and Kieu (Vietnamese).
† Pronunciation for Kaye: K as in "key (K.IY)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)"   |
