Kahli
A unisex name of Sanskrit origin, meaning the dark goddess; a form of Kali or modern spelling variant.
Kahli by the numbers
Kahli was given to 21 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 26 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.
Other names that come from Kali
Like Kahli, each of these traces back to Kali: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Kahli. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Kahli
Names that are said the same way as Kahli, 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)
Other names that mean darkness
Like Kahli, each of these has darkness in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Other names that mean God
Like Kahli, each of these has God in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Kahli
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