Khalaya

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 11 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
11
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Khalaya by the numbers

Khalaya was given to 11 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 12 babies in 2013, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Khalaya

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

  • Kalaya56 in the US (2017)
  • Khaliya25 in the US (2017)
  • Khalayah10 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Khaliabeloved friend; feminine form of Khalil115 in the US (2017)
  • Khaliyahbeloved friend; feminine form of Khalil67 in the US (2017)
  • Khalilabeloved friend; feminine form of Khalil3 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Khalaya

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

  • Callawayfrom the rocky stream or river47 in the US (2017)
  • Kahliathe dark goddess; a modern spelling variant of Kali46 in the US (2017)
  • Caelafair; a form of Caoimhe or Kayla9 in the US (2017)
  • Kaileiasea; variant of Kailea or Kaeleigh7 in the US (2017)
  • Kaleah168 in the US (2017)
  • Kalia162 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Khalaya

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