Kalaina

A girls’ 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

Kalaina by the numbers

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

Its American peak was 7 babies in 2002, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Kalaina

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

  • Kalinarowan tree; mountain ash147 in the US (2017)
  • Kalana8 in the US (2017)
  • Kalaiya4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Kalayna5 in the US (2017)
  • Kalanithe heavens or sky622 in the US (2017)
  • Karinapure; a form of Carina or Karen562 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Kalaina

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

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