Kahlaya

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 10 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
10
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Kahlaya by the numbers

Kahlaya was given to 10 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.

What we can tell you about Kahlaya

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

  • Kalaya56 in the US (2017)
  • Kahliya10 in the US (2017)
  • Kailaya8 in the US (2017)
  • Kahlanithe heavens or sky; a form of Kalani103 in the US (2017)
  • Kahliathe dark goddess; a modern spelling variant of Kali46 in the US (2017)
  • Kahleathe sea; form of Kalea10 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Kahlaya

Names that are said the same way as Kahlaya, 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)
  • 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)
  • Kalia162 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Kahlaya

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