Kaili

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Kylie in AU Australia, US United States, GB United Kingdom and 20 more and קיילי in IL Israel.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Kaili is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Indonesian given name588 records spelled Kaili3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Malaysia, United States, Indonesia

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Kaìĺì

• a separate given name476 records spelled Kaili2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, China

  Also written Kai-Li

• French given name467 records spelled Kaili7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Spain, Belgium

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Kaïli, Kai-Li, Kaîli, Kaï-Li, Kǎilì

• Greek given name40 records spelled Kaili6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Greece

  Also written Kaile, Καιλη, Καΐλη, Καϊλή, Kaïlí

33 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.

Other recorded senses●

Kaili is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Latvian, nominative masculine plural of kails

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

• In Latvian, Agavi tautu grupai piederīga tauta, dzīvo Etiopijas ziemeļrietumu daļā, valoda pieder pie semīthamītu saimes kušītu grupas, ticīgie - musulmaņi, daļa - kristīgie (monofizīti), jūdaisti (falaši)

  as a word·Tēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

• In Latvian, pilsēta Ķīnā, Guidžou provincē

  as a word·Tēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

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.

Over time●

IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 86 years between 1921–2015. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Kaili Chunb. 1962USNative Hawaiian sculptor and installation artist
• Kaili Närepb. 1970EEEstonian actress (born 1970)
• Kaili Sirgeb. 1983EEEstonian cross-country skier and coach (born 1983)
• Kaili Viidasb. 1984EEEstonian actress (born 1984)
• Kaili Pertelb. 1987EEEstonian association football player (born 1987)
• Kaili Lukanb. 1994CWCanadian rugby sevens player

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).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 281 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Kaili?

We estimate roughly 124 thousand people bear Kaili (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.

In which country does Kaili have the most bearers?

Kaili is most frequently recorded in Australia, where it is most often spelled kylie.

How common is Kaili compared with other names?

In Australia, Kaili is the 102nd most common given name of 197,734 given names recorded there.

Is Kaili a male or female name?

Kaili is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Kaili mean?

Recorded meaning: Modern combination of Kai (“Catherine”) and Lii (“Elizabeth”).