Kali
KAH-lee; kal-ee
Sanskrit, English
"black one; free man"Share
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Kali Origin and Meaning
The name Kali is a girl's name of Sanskrit origin meaning "black one; free man".
Kali is a number of different things: a playful, contemporary twist on the name Callie; the Hindu goddess of destruction; an alternative spelling for Kaylee; a short form of the Arablic Kalila, the Greek Kalista, or the African American Kaliyah; a masculine name in India; and a trendy form of Kali(fornia).
It is also in the US Top 1000 and while it has seen a slight decline in recent years, it is still given to nearly 1100 babies every year. Ranking behind Callie but ahead of Kallie and Cali, it's short, punchy spelling might appeal to lovers of Nova, Maya, Zuri, and Heidi.
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# 290 in the US
Kali Rank in US Top 1000
# 933 on Nameberry
Kali Rank in Nameberry Top 1000
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Famous People Named Kali
- Kali HawkAmerican actress (pronounced like Callie)
- Kali Uchis (born Karly Loaiza)Colombian,American singer
- Kali Ann RobinsonClark (b. 2019), daughter of We The Kings frontman Travis Clark and actress Jenny Robinson,Clark
Kali in Pop Culture
- Kalicharacter on TV's "Teen Wolf"
- Kalicharacter on TV's "Supernatural"
- Madame Kali aka Evelyn Poolecharacter on TV's "Penny Dreadful"
- Kalithe Hindu goddess who wears a necklace of skulls that can instantaneously change into blooming flowers and then back to skulls again. She is usually depicted with four hands; one of her right hands says "Don't be afraid" and the other offers you a bowl of rice. However, one of her left hands holds a sword and in the other is a human head. Kali brings love, ecstasy, and life, but she also brings darkness, terror, and death. She is the natural cycle of life and death.
- Kali Belladonnacharacter on Rooster Teeth's "RWBY"
- Kali Prasadcharacter on Netflix's Stranger Things