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Khyli

Gender
Girl
Say it
KY-lee
Origin
Modern

Khyli is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

What does Khyli mean?

Modern: spelling of Kylie; 20th-century Australian name, perhaps from Kyle

Often linked to kylie, a Western Australian Aboriginal word for a boomerang; Kylie Minogue is its best-known bearer.

Meaning borrowed from Kylie. More on Wiktionary.

Is Khyli a girl's or a boy's name?

Khyli is a girls' name.

How popular is Khyli in the US?

No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2012, with 17 girls. It first appears in the records in 2003.

Half of all the girls named Khyli in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.

2003Busiest: 17 in 20122023
Khyli in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20236#13,456
20220–
20216#13,459
20206#13,448
20196#13,793
20180–
20170–
20169#10,855
201512#8,926
201412#8,961
20139#10,995
201217#7,140
20118#12,146
20107#13,442
20090–
20086#15,399
20076#15,485
20066#15,147
20050–
20040–
20036#13,837

Names like Khyli

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Names related to Khyli

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Sources

Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Khyli: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/khyli, updated 20 October 2026.