Baby name
Kailea
/ky · LEE · uh/
Meaning
“Possibly sea and joy”
Possibly an Anglicized spelling of the Hawaiian name Kaileʻa, formed from kai, meaning 'sea, seawater', and leʻa, meaning 'joy, pleasure, happiness'.
How it ages.
A soft, breezy, modern name, still rare enough to feel fresh rather than dated.
The cultural moment.
Rare; a modern coastal-sounding name with Hawaiian-influenced spelling.