Clever, crafty, or from the willow meadow
Wylee is a modern phonetic variant of the English surname Wiley. It likely derives from the Old English 'wilig' meaning willow or 'wig' meaning war, though it is most often associated with the Middle English word for 'clever' or 'crafty'.
Less common today
Wylee isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #3,802 in 2013.
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
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