Caly
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 7 babies a year in the US.
Caly by the numbers
Caly was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 12 babies in 1991, making it a 1990s name.
What we can tell you about Caly
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 Caly. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Carlya free person; a form of Carla or Carl687 in the US (2017)
- Caledevotion to god; a form of Caleb57 in the US (2017)
- Callybeautiful or lovely; diminutive of Calista7 in England and Wales (2025)
- Caleystrife or battle; a form of Caolán12 in the US (2017)
- Calyxouter covering of a flower bud9 in the US (2017)
- Calacastle or fortification8 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Caly
Names that are said the same way as Caly, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Calliebeautiful; a form of Calista or Calliope270 in England and Wales (2025)
- Kaliblack; fierce; Hindu goddess of time1,120 in the US (2017)
- Kallibeautiful; a form of Callie105 in the US (2017)
- Callia form of Callie; beautiful or lovely73 in the US (2017)
- Kaliebeautiful; a form of Callie38 in the US (2017)
- Caliebeautiful; a variant of Callie or Cally30 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Caly
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