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What does Kali mean?
Kali 
▲ as a girls' name is pronounced KAH-lee. It is of Hindi and Sanskrit origin, and the meaning of Kali is "black". Mythology: Kali, wife of Shiva, is a Hindu goddess of destruction. See also Kallie.
STARTS WITH Ka-
ASSOCIATED WITH black, mythology, goddess, destruction
Variations
VARIANT Kalli▼
SEE ALSO Kala
RELATED FORMS VIA KALLIE Callie▲, Kahli, Kalle, Kallita, Kally
CREATIVE FORMS(female)
(male)
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Kali Jaylah (K.J.), ..
How popular is Kali?
Kali is a somewhat prominent first name for women (#2180 out of 4276, Top 51%) and an even more prominent last name for all people (#67113 out of 150436, Top 45%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Kali entered the list in 1970-1979 and reached its apex position of #262 in the U.S. in 2014, and is at #274 currently. (2018 U.S. SSA RECORDS)
Which version is better?
Popular variation forms of Kali (#274 FROM RECENT DATA) appearing in the Top 2000 are Callie (#190), Kala, Kalli and Kallie (#920). Other forms, like Kahli, are uncommon. These relations of Kali were favored by parents 4 years ago (ADOPTION OF 0.2%) and have remained as popular to this day (ADOPTION 0.2%, ▼9.9%), but with forms such as Kalli becoming less stylish. Callie, Kali and Kallie are three of the more contemporarily stylish baby names in this compilation.
Similar Names
Kali▲ is alike in pronunciation to Cahlie, Caley, Cali▲, Cayla▼, Kaala, Kaela▼, Kaelee, Kaelie, Kahla, Kahlei, Kahley, Kaleigh▼, Kalia, Kaylha, Kayli▼, Kaylla, Kealy, Keela, Keeli, Keelia, Kilea, Kylah▲, Kylee▼, Kyli and Kylie. Other recommended sound-alike names are Adali, Ali▼, Bali, Carli▼, Hali▼, Halli, Ili, Kaci, Kacy▼, Kadi, Kadie, Kahle, Kai▲, Kaia▲, Kalin, Kalisa, Kama, Kami▼, Kani, Kari▼, Karie▼, Karli▼, Karlie, Karly▼, Kary, Kas, Kasi, Kassi, Kate▼, Kati▼, Kay▼, Kayci, Kayle▼, Kaylin, Kaysi, Kelsi▼, Klio, Kori▲, Kyall, Kyle▼, Kylin, Lali, Mali, Orali, Orli, Pali, Poli, Salli, Tali and Valli. These names tend to be less frequently used than Kali.
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