Kalesa
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Siirya (N)
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/kəɫisə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Kalesa is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Thailand than in any other country.
- THThailand≈1 in 301Kas กาแลซา(inferred from the name graph)
carrying the name, as Mondonomo estimates it from our sources: no national register counts it in these countries. Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Kalesa itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Thailand (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 30 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 301K (inferred from the name graph)
≈230 named กาแลซา, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Thailand, est., as กาแลซา
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled กาแลซา in TH Thailand.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Siirya (N)
Sources 1
- Sunama Sarit (Hindi) Ten Thousand Sanskrit Names
Where in the world(measured from records)
Kalesa counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TH Thailand | ≈230 est. | ≈1 in 301K | — | กาแลซา | 30 |
| IN India | — | — | listed | Kalesa | 2 |
| US United States | — | — | 5 | — | — |
| ZM Zambia | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| GY Guyana | — | — | 1 | — | — |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: the sunama-sarit-sanskrit-2020 register; SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present); ECZ 2021 Councillor Elections — candidate results; Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Kalesa is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In yka, A two-wheeled, horse-drawn carriage
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Cebuano, a stage-coach
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Basque, ( Lar ), kalexa ( Urt V 155, T-L ). Calesa, carruaje. "Calèche" T-L . Ilkhitzen da heiatik kalexa berri eta arin bat . Hb Egia 145. Ohoinek khentzen diotzate kalexari garainoak, eta halere badioa bi mila lekhoa urrun . Ib. 146. Aal banitu, xirmi-xarma, iragan-arazten, orren orde, Bigarren Inperioko "kalexa" bat, Leen Inperioko "dilientzia" bat. Lf Egan 1955 (5-6), 7.
as a wordOrotariko Euskal Hiztegia (OEH) — General/Historical Basque Dictionary, Euskaltzaindia
In Basque, "(V-m), lancha de altura, besuguera" A . v. kaleru .
as a wordOrotariko Euskal Hiztegia (OEH) — General/Historical Basque Dictionary, Euskaltzaindia
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 6 sources across 4 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2016 | 5 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2004 | 5 | — |
| GY Guyana | Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025 | 2025 | 1 | #593 |
| IN India | Sunama Sarit — Sanskrit Names (2020) | — | — | — |
Reference works 1
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Kalesa mean, and where does it come from?
- Siirya (N) Recorded by Sunama Sarit (Hindi) Ten Thousand Sanskrit Names.
- How do you pronounce Kalesa?
- A machine transcription gives /kəɫisə/ (IPA) for Hindi.
- Is Kalesa a male or female name?
- Kalesa is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Kalesa have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 229 people named กาแลซา in Thailand, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Kalesa?
- Mondonomo estimates about 230 people in Thailand have กาแลซา as their first surname, about 1 in 301 thousand residents. No national register counts it there; the figure is ours, calibrated against the registers that do.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/kalesaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Kalesa”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.