Kalilah

Kalilah: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning: “beloved, dear friend”
Origin: Arabic
Say it: kuh-LEE-luh · 3 syllables
Used for: Girls

Usually treated as a variant of Arabic Khalila/Kalila, from a root meaning dear or beloved; the doubled -h spelling is uncommon.

Arabic names Names meaning love International names

How popular is Kalilah?

202431.0 per million US babies

Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Compare with another name

Babies named Kalilah in 2024104

2024 rank#1,913 girls

Peak year2024

Total US babies since 1880760

Kalilah is rising: use over the last five years is 3.4× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Kalilah

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

Laylanight · Arabic
Lylanight · Arabic
Aaliyahexalted, rising · Arabic
Amiraprincess; commander · Arabic
Lilahnight · Arabic
Lilanight · Arabic
Nylaattainer; successful · Arabic
Zarablooming flower · Arabic

Kalilah questions

What does the name Kalilah mean?

Kalilah means "beloved, dear friend". It comes from Arabic. Usually treated as a variant of Arabic Khalila/Kalila, from a root meaning dear or beloved; the doubled -h spelling is uncommon.

Is Kalilah a boy or girl name?

Kalilah is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Kalilah?

104 US babies were named Kalilah in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.

How do you pronounce Kalilah?

Kalilah is usually pronounced kuh-LEE-luh.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.