Across the world, Калый (Kaliy 
, Kaly 
, Калый 
) is a common unisex forename. The given name Калый is habitual in Kyrgyzstan, where it is quite a rare unisex name, Israel, where it is quite a rare dominantly female, but seldom boy's name, and India, where it is quite a rare gender-neutral name. Much less frequently, Калый is the last name as well as the forename.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
|---|---|
| Kaliy | Morocco, Hungary, United States, India, Israel |
| Kaly | Senegal, Mali, India, Israel, Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Калый | Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Russia |
| Kalyy | Morocco, Myanmar |
| молдобасанов, калый молдобасанович Soviet conductor and composer (1929-2006), KG (b. 1929) |
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