Kaly
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.
Kaly by the numbers
Kaly was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 24 babies in 2005, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Kaly
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 Kaly. 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)
- Karlyfree man; a modern respelling of Carla or Carly149 in the US (2017)
- Katypure; a diminutive of Katherine113 in the US (2017)
- Kalethe sea, ocean61 in the US (2017)
- Kayrejoice or pure; form of Katherine or Katrina59 in the US (2017)
- Kacyvigilant; a form of Casey41 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Kaly
Names that are said the same way as Kaly, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Calliebeautiful; a form of Calista or Calliope270 in England and Wales (2025)
- Kallibeautiful; a form of Callie105 in the US (2017)
- Callia form of Callie; beautiful or lovely73 in the US (2017)
- Kaliebeautiful; a form of Callie38 in the US (2017)
- Caliebeautiful; a variant of Callie or Cally30 in the US (2017)
- Kahlithe dark goddess; a form of Kali or modern spelling variant21 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Kaly
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