Kalisa
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.
Kalisa by the numbers
Kalisa was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 20 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Kalisa
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 Kalisa. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Kalinarowan tree; mountain ash147 in the US (2017)
- Kalilafriend, beloved companion9 in England and Wales (2025)
- Kalistamost beautiful; from kallos and superlative suffix50 in the US (2017)
- Kaisapure; a form of kaarina or catharina16 in the US (2017)
- Karisagraceful; a form of Carissa7 in the US (2017)
- Khalisapure, clean; feminine form of khalis7 in England and Wales (2025)
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Names that are said the same way as Kalisa, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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