Kawhi

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 38 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
38
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Kawhi by the numbers

Kawhi was given to 38 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 42 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Kawhi

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

  • Kawaicute or lovely6 in the US (2017)
  • Kahithe sea5 in the US (2017)
  • Kashivaranasi; luminous, shining city4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Kaleithe wreath or garland40 in the US (2017)
  • Kanaiof the sea26 in the US (2017)
  • Kahlithe dark goddess; a form of Kali or modern spelling variant21 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Kawhi

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

  • Kao8 in the US (2017)
  • Quay6 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Kawhi

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