Kaliah
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 100 babies a year in the US.
Kaliah by the numbers
In 2025, 5 babies in England and Wales were named Kaliah. In the US, 100 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 107 babies in 2010, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Kaliah
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 Kaliah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Kaliah
Names that are said the same way as Kaliah, 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)
- Kalayah13 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Kaliah
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