Calee

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 22 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
22
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Calee by the numbers

Calee was given to 22 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 55 babies in 2008, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Calee

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

  • Cayleeclearing where cows graze; a modern respelling of Cayley268 in the US (2017)
  • Carleefree woman; a form of Carla or Carly259 in the US (2017)
  • Caledevotion to god; a form of Caleb57 in the US (2017)
  • Caliebeautiful; a variant of Callie or Cally30 in the US (2017)
  • Caleystrife or battle; a form of Caolán12 in the US (2017)
  • Cailee55 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Calee

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

  • Caleigha form of caley or callie112 in the US (2017)
  • Kayleybattle; a form of Kaylee or Caoimhe100 in the US (2017)
  • Caileystrife or battle; a modern respelling of Caley64 in the US (2017)
  • Cayleighfree man; a modern respelling of Carley or Carleigh64 in the US (2017)
  • Kaleithe wreath or garland40 in the US (2017)
  • Caileighwoman warrior; a form of Kayley37 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Calee

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