Paisleigh

Paisleigh: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“church, cemetery”
Origin
Scottish Gaelic
Say it
PAYZ-lee · 2 syllables
Used for
Girls

Paisleigh is a modern respelling influenced by Paisley, a Scottish place name ultimately from Paisley in Renfrewshire. The -leigh ending is a recent stylistic alteration.

How popular is Paisleigh?

202455.0 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Paisleigh in 2024183

2024 rank#1,271 girls

Peak year2018

Total US babies since 18803,328

Paisleigh is rising: use over the last five years is 2.8× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Paisleigh

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Paisleychurch · Scottish Gaelic
  • ElsieGod is my oath · Scottish Gaelic
  • Mackenzieson of Coinneach · Scottish Gaelic
  • Bonniepretty; cheerful · Scottish Gaelic
  • Camryncrooked nose · Scottish Gaelic
  • Fionafair, white · Scottish Gaelic
  • Skyefrom the Isle of Skye · Scottish Gaelic
  • Blaireplain, field · Scottish Gaelic

Paisleigh questions

What does the name Paisleigh mean?

Paisleigh means "church, cemetery". It comes from Scottish Gaelic. Paisleigh is a modern respelling influenced by Paisley, a Scottish place name ultimately from Paisley in Renfrewshire. The -leigh ending is a recent stylistic alteration.

Is Paisleigh a boy or girl name?

Paisleigh is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Paisleigh?

183 US babies were named Paisleigh in 2024. Its peak year was 2018.

How do you pronounce Paisleigh?

Paisleigh is usually pronounced PAYZ-lee.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.