 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 (born 1912) may have been the modern originator of this name,she was born Kathleen Tennant, but was called Kylie in childhood.