Kali
loc · Latin script
Meaning: time (instance or occurrence)
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/kɑːli/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Kali is a name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Brazil than in any other country. In Romania it is the 95th most common given name.
- CZCzechia1 in 135as Klára(measured from records)
- HUHungary1 in 303as Klára
- PYParaguay≈1 in 680as Clara
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Kali 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.
- Brazil (measured from records)
- #765 (measured from records)
- 8 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 385 (measured from records)
- 1 in 135 (inferred from the name graph)
126,362 named Clara, 2022
of 15M given names
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Czechia, as Klára
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Clara in BR Brazil, US United States, FR France and 1 more, Klara in CZ Czechia, HU Hungary, SE Sweden and קלרה in RO Romania.
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)
time (instance or occurrence)
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Kali 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | #156 | 126,362as Clara | 1 in 1.7K | 126K | Clara | 197 |
| US United States | — | 109,248as Clara | 1 in 3K | 109K | Clara | 385 |
| CZ Czechia | #188 | 79,200as Klára | 1 in 135 | 79K | Klara | 125 |
| FR France | — | ≈72,000 est. | ≈1 in 938 | 101K | Clara | 7 |
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈58,000 est. | ≈1 in 4.6K | listed | Kali | 65 |
| HU Hungary | #263 | 32,293as Klára | 1 in 303 | 32K | Klara | 110 |
| RO Romania | #95 | ≈26,000 est. | ≈1 in 807 | — | קלרה | 53 |
| SE Sweden | — | 16,804as Klara | 1 in 607 | 17K | Klara | 42 |
| PY Paraguay | #130 | ≈11,000 est. | ≈1 in 680 | — | Clara | 39 |
| DK Denmark | — | 10,060as Clara | 1 in 583 | 10K | — | 3 |
126,362 people counted by IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror), 2022. 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: IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); MVČR — living population register 2017; Nyilvántartó — Top-100 given names in population (2020–2025); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts). 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)
Kali is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Malay, obsolete form of gali
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Satyavati (M); a wife of Bhimasena (P);
as a nameSunama Sarit (Hindi) Ten Thousand Sanskrit Names
In Swahili, Kiswahili: 'fierce, sharp'; also Sanskrit-derived feminine name meaning 'energy'
as a nameAfrican Names
mother goddess Sakti; energy, black goddess
as a nameA Genealogists Guide to Indian Names A Reference for First Names from India
the period of sin.
as a nameThe Penguin book of Hindu names for boys
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.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Kali Banerjeeb. 1921INIndian actor
- Kali Rochab. 1971USAmerican actress
- Kali Troyb. 1971USVoice actress, TV Host & Radio Personality
- Cyril Kalib. 1984FRFrench footballer
- Kali Dreamsb. 1984USAmerican porn actress
- Kali Hawkb. 1986USAmerican actress
- Kali Reisb. 1986USAmerican boxer and actress
- Kali Christb. 1991CAspeed skater
- Kali Rosesb. 1996USAmerican pornographic actress from California (born. 1996)
- Kali Majorsb. 1999USAmerican actress
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 88 sources across 43 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 23K | #1,444 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 948 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024) | 2024 | 810 | #1,380 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 696 | #1,444 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 400 | #55,400 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2022 | 326 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 287 | #68,547 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 275 | #67,113 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 268 | #17,966 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Nomes (census name API) | — | 176 | #27,215 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 104 | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | 2020 | 84 | — |
Reference works 7
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- Søndergaard, Georg, Danske efternavne (Lademann 1984/1991)
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
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
- How do you pronounce Kali?
- A machine transcription gives /kɑːli/ (IPA) for Hindi.
- What does the name Kali mean, and where does it come from?
- time (instance or occurrence) Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- In which country does Kali have the most bearers?
- In Brazil, the national register counted about 126 thousand people named Clara, more than in any other country we hold.
- Where is Kali most common?
- No national register we hold counts the spelling Kali itself. The densest figure for its family of spellings is Czechia's: the national register counts about 1 in 135 people named Klára.
- How common is the name Kali?
- In Brazil, the national register counted 126,362 people named Clara in 2022, about 1 in 1.7 thousand residents.
- How common is Kali compared with other names?
- In Brazil, Kali is the 156th most common given name of 474,894 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Kali?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/kaliThe 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, “Kali” — the 156th most common given name in Brazil. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.