Kylie (name)


This name could derive from two different roots: 1) From the Noongar, an Indigenous Australian people, from the word “Kiley”, meaning “curved, returning stick, boomerang”. 2) From the Irish surname “O’Kiely”, which in turn derives from the Old Gaelic surname “O’Cadhla”, meaning "graceful or beautiful", descendant of the graceful one"
In the Western Australian Aboriginal language Noongar, the word Kiley/Kylie/Koilee means straight, returning stick or "boomerang". Kyly, Kiley, Kilee and Kylee are variant spellings.
The name became popular during the late 1960s to the early 1970s and was listed in 1970 in Australia as the fifth most popular girls name. The Australian author Kylie Tennant may have been the modern originator of this name,she was born Kathleen Tennant, but was called Kylie in childhood. According to the Australian Dictionary of Biography, the publication of her third novel in 1941 "made her a household name and brought her international acclaim". "Kylie" first appeared on the list of 100 most popular female baby names in New South Wales in 1965, reaching a peak of popularity in 1972-1974 when it was the second most popular girl's name. In the US, the name was first recorded in the top 1000 female baby names in 1978, but did not reach the top 100 until 2001.

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