Caliel

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Caliel by the numbers

Caliel was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 5 babies in 2008, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Caliel

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

  • Calilfriend or companion10 in the US (2017)
  • Calelswift; quick9 in the US (2017)
  • Caleel6 in the US (2017)
  • Calebwhole-hearted, faithful7,093 in the US (2017)
  • Castielmy cover is god; angel name from Jewish tradition286 in the US (2017)
  • Caldercold stream or rocky stream105 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Caliel

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

  • Khalielfriend or companion of god8 in the US (2017)
  • Kalielspeed of god; a form of Caliel6 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Caliel

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