Kahlan

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 59 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
59
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Kahlan by the numbers

Kahlan was given to 59 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 155 babies in 2010, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Kahlan

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

  • Kahlanithe heavens or sky; a form of Kalani103 in the US (2017)
  • Kalan27 in the US (2017)
  • Kahlin5 in the US (2017)
  • Kalanithe heavens or sky622 in the US (2017)
  • Karlafree woman; a form of Carla552 in the US (2017)
  • Kailanisea and sky479 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Kahlan

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

  • Kailynpure; a modern respelling of Caitlin294 in the US (2017)
  • Kaylinpure; a modern respelling of Caitlin or Katelin290 in the US (2017)
  • Kailynnpure; a modern respelling of Caitlin157 in the US (2017)
  • Kaylynpure; a modern respelling of Kaitlyn or Katelyn130 in the US (2017)
  • Cailynpure; a modern respelling of Caitlin or Caitlyn87 in the US (2017)
  • Cailynnpure; a modern respelling of Caitlyn or Caitlin40 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Kahlan

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