Cahlil
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 8 babies a year in the US.
Cahlil by the numbers
Cahlil was given to 8 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 15 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Cahlil
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Cahlil. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Cahlil
Names that are said the same way as Cahlil, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Khalilfriend; one who is close128 in England and Wales (2025)
- Kahlilfriend, companion83 in the US (2017)
- Khaleelfriend, companion32 in England and Wales (2025)
- Kalilfriend, companion24 in the US (2017)
- Kaleelfriend; a form of khalil13 in the US (2017)
- Kahleelfriend; khalil variant spelling10 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Cahlil
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