Skye - Meaning of Skye

What does Skye mean?

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Skye

[ 1 syll. (s)kye, sk-ye ] The baby girl name Skye is also used as a boy name, though it is far more popular for girls. It is pronounced SKiy- †. Skye has its origins in the English language and it is also used largely in English. Skye is a spelling variant of the English Sky.

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Skye is rather popular as a baby girl name. The name has been increasing in popularity since the 1980s; prior to that, it was of only infrequent use. At the modest height of its usage in 2014, 0.045% of baby girls were named Skye. It was #368 in rank then. In 2018, it ranked at #416 with a usage of 0.040%, and it was the most popular within all girl names in its family. Skye was twice as popular as the next ranked name, Sky, in 2018. Skye has primarily been a baby girl name in the last century.

Baby names that sound like Skye include Sache, Sachee, Sae, Saeg, Saege, Saesha, Sage (English), Saige (English), Sake, Sao, Sash, Sashae, Sashay, Sask, Sau (Chinese), Say, Saye, Sayge, Sea, and Sesha.

† Pronunciation for Skye: S as in "see (S.IY)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"