Kylie (name)

Kylie (name)

Kylie ( /ˈkaɪliː/) is a common female personal name, and is the feminine form of Kyle. The name received much popularity from the success of Australian vocal artist Kylie Minogue.

It is the transferred use of the Irish surname O’Kiely. The name is derived from the Gaelic O’Cadhla (meaning a descendant of Cadhla), which is from cadhla which means graceful, generosity of spirit, beautiful, agile, lovely.

In the Western Australian Aboriginal language Noongar, the settlers took the word Kiley/Kylie/Koilee to mean curved, returning stick or 'boomerang'. "Kyly", "Kiley" and "Kylee" are variant spellings.

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