Calea
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.
Calea by the numbers
Calea was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 12 babies in 2006, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Calea
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 Calea. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Callabeautiful; from the calla lily plant175 in the US (2017)
- Caledevotion to god; a form of Caleb57 in the US (2017)
- Cleafame; short form of Cleopatra7 in England and Wales (2025)
- Caleystrife or battle; a form of Caolán12 in the US (2017)
- Calacastle or fortification8 in the US (2017)
- Calia14 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Calea
Names that are said the same way as Calea, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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