Kyleigh is an elaborated spelling of Kylie, a name that comes from the Noongar language of Western Australia and means "boomerang", though it is also read as a feminine form of Kyle, a Scottish word for a "narrow strait". The -leigh ending became hugely popular in the United States in the 2000s. Kyleigh ranked number 584 in 2000, peaked at 272 in 2011, dropped out of the top 1000 in 2022 and stands at 1202 in 2025.