Karlei
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 11 babies a year in the US.
Karlei by the numbers
Karlei was given to 11 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 24 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Karlei
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 Karlei. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Karlei
Names that are said the same way as Karlei, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Carleefree woman; a form of Carla or Carly259 in the US (2017)
- Karleighfree man; a feminine invented spelling of Carl181 in the US (2017)
- Carleighman; a modern spelling of Carley or Carla177 in the US (2017)
- Carleyfree man; a form of Carl or Charles146 in the US (2017)
- Kharleya form of Charley or Harley with kh- spelling5 in the US (2017)
- Carlei15 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Karlei
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