Calia
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 14 babies a year in England and Wales.
Calia by the numbers
In 2025, 14 babies in England and Wales were named Calia. In the US, 49 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 54 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Calia
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 Calia. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Celiaheavenly or of the sky; a form of Caelia317 in the US (2017)
- Callabeautiful; from the calla lily plant175 in the US (2017)
- Caliebeautiful; a variant of Callie or Cally30 in the US (2017)
- Catiapure; a form of Catarina or Cathy10 in the US (2017)
- Calacastle or fortification8 in the US (2017)
- Cali1,147 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Calia
Names that are said the same way as Calia, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Khaliabeloved friend; feminine form of Khalil115 in the US (2017)
- Callawayfrom the rocky stream or river47 in the US (2017)
- Kahliathe dark goddess; a modern spelling variant of Kali46 in the US (2017)
- Caelafair; a form of Caoimhe or Kayla9 in the US (2017)
- Kaileiasea; variant of Kailea or Kaeleigh7 in the US (2017)
- Kaleah168 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Calia
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