Kalkidan
A girls’ name of Amharic origin, meaning salvation; redemption.
Babies a year
10
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Kalkidan by the numbers
Kalkidan was given to 10 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 13 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Kalkidan. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean salvation
Like Kalkidan, each of these has salvation in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Ellisgod is my salvation; a form of Elias582 in England and Wales (2025)
- Elishagod is my salvation417 in the US (2017)
- Elliagod is my salvation; a form of Elias122 in the US (2017)
- Elisgod is my salvation; a form of Elias or Ellis119 in England and Wales (2025)
- Issasalvation; a form of Isaiah59 in England and Wales (2025)
- Joshlyngod is salvation; a form of Joshua17 in the US (2017)
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