Calani

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 21 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
21
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Calani by the numbers

Calani was given to 21 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.

What we can tell you about Calani

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 Calani. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Camani10 in the US (2017)
  • Cahlani9 in the US (2017)
  • Cailani8 in the US (2017)
  • Caylani7 in the US (2017)
  • Callia form of Callie; beautiful or lovely73 in the US (2017)
  • Chanigraceful; a form of Chana or Hannah14 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Calani

Names that are said the same way as Calani, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Kalanithe heavens or sky622 in the US (2017)
  • Kailanisea and sky479 in the US (2017)
  • Kaylanisea and sky434 in the US (2017)
  • Kahlanithe heavens or sky; a form of Kalani103 in the US (2017)
  • Kailaniethe sea; elaborated form of Kaila10 in the US (2017)
  • Khalani163 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Calani

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