Kalyx

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Kalyx by the numbers

Kalyx was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 6 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Kalyx

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

  • Kalyn43 in the US (2017)
  • Kalix11 in the US (2017)
  • Kalebwhole heart; a modern spelling of Caleb2,091 in the US (2017)
  • Kaleothe sound; voice87 in the US (2017)
  • Kaleithe wreath or garland40 in the US (2017)
  • Kalilfriend, companion24 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Kalyx

Names that are said the same way as Kalyx, 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)

Names about as common as Kalyx

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