Kacey-Leigh
Girl name · 15 babies recorded · 1974–2025
Kacey-Leigh: 15 babies born in Scotland since 1974, given to girls, peaking at 5 births in 2010.
A modern combination of two established names, Kacey-Leigh brings together the Irish Kacey, an anglicised form of the Gaelic surname Ó Cathasaigh meaning "descendant of the watchful one," and Leigh, derived from the Old English *leah* meaning "woodland clearing." While no single famous bearer carries the exact hyphenated spelling, country singer Kacey Musgraves shares the first element, and the second recalls the many towns called Leigh across England. The name also echoes the Scottish place-name tradition of using Leigh as a suffix, such as in
Girl 4 of 52 years
- Peak year
- 20105 babies
- Latest (2020)
- #7653 babies
- Total births
- 15since 2010
- 5-year trend
- ≈ stablevs prior 5y