Kalix

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 11 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
11
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Kalix by the numbers

Kalix was given to 11 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 17 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Kalix

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

  • Kalilfriend, companion24 in the US (2017)
  • Kaliqform of khaliq, the creator17 in the US (2017)
  • Kalimspeaker; interlocutor3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Kalideternal; immortal6 in the US (2017)
  • Kalin8 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Kalib24 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Kalix

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

  • Calixcup, chalice6 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Calyxouter covering of a flower bud9 in the US (2017)
  • Kalyx5 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Kalix

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