Baby name

FADING UNISEX · GREEK/GERMANIC
🇬🇷, 🇩🇪, 🇦🇹,  +1

Kalli

/KA-lee/


“Beauty, beautiful voice, free man, strong one, tomorrow, hesitating, lark”

Derived from Greek 'kallos' meaning 'beauty,' or from Nordic/Germanic names meaning 'free man' or 'strong one.' It can also mean 'tomorrow' in Sanskrit, 'hesitating' in Hawaiian, 'rock' or 'cliff' in Finnish, and 'the black one' in Hindi.

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How it ages.

Kalli has moved away from its busier years and now offers a more uncommon, established choice.

The cultural moment.

Kalli is appearing less often in Scotland than before, with a gradual rather than abrupt decline.