Kalii

A girls’ name of Hawaiian origin, meaning the sea; a form of Kali.

Babies a year
12
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Kalii by the numbers

Kalii was given to 12 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 17 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.

Other names that come from Kali

Like Kalii, 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.

  • Kahliathe dark goddess; a modern spelling variant of Kali46 in the US (2017)
  • Kahlithe dark goddess; a form of Kali or modern spelling variant21 in the US (2017)

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Kalii. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Kaliblack; fierce; Hindu goddess of time1,120 in the US (2017)
  • Kallibeautiful; a form of Callie105 in the US (2017)
  • Kaleithe wreath or garland40 in the US (2017)
  • Kaliebeautiful; a form of Callie38 in the US (2017)
  • Kalia162 in the US (2017)
  • Kalai9 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Kalii

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

  • Caeliof the sky; plural or variant of Caelum36 in the US (2017)
  • Kaely30 in the US (2017)
  • Kaeli14 in the US (2017)
  • Caliegh8 in the US (2017)
  • Kaliee8 in the US (2017)
  • Kayliee8 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean the sea

Like Kalii, each of these has the sea in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Dylanson of the sea10,158 in the US (2017)
  • Kaisea672 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Mariaof the sea; a form of Mary522 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Marystar of the sea; beloved2,381 in the US (2017)
  • Morgansea-born; great and bright2,273 in the US (2017)
  • Mariahof the sea; a form of Maria1,604 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Kalii

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