Kalayah
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 13 babies a year in England and Wales.
Kalayah by the numbers
In 2025, 13 babies in England and Wales were named Kalayah. In the US, 67 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
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 Kalayah
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 Kalayah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Kalayah
Names that are said the same way as Kalayah, 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)
- Kahliathe dark goddess; a modern spelling variant of Kali46 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)
Names about as common as Kalayah
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