Kelaiah
given name · Latin script
Meaning: The meaning of the name Kelaiah is uncertain
A female name· listed as female by the registers that count names by sex
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 4 countries · latest register: SSA, 2025
/celaja/(machine-generated) Spanish · model-generated
Kelaiah is a female given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- GYGuyana1 in 750K(measured from records)
- USUnited States1 in 1.6M
carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. Countries with no figure are shown too: flat where a national register lists the name without counting it, hatched where only our records hold it. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- Record sources
- 6 (measured from records)
- 1 in 750K (inferred from the name graph)
204 people, 2020
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: reference-verified
Guyana
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts
(measured from records)One other spelling is counted as the same name:
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)The meaning of the name Kelaiah is uncertain. The name Kelita, which is used for the same person, may be a nickname with a meaning related to being 'stunted', 'midget', or 'cripple'.
Cited for this meaning 1
- Biblical Names Compiled Database
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Kelaiah 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | 204 | 1 in 1.6M | 193 | — | — |
| GY Guyana | 1 | 1 in 750K | 1 | — | — |
| FR France | — | — | — | Kelaiah | 6 |
| PR Puerto Rico | — | — | 5 | — | — |
| AU Australia | — | — | 1 | — | — |
204 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. 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: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; SSA Baby Names — Puerto Rico (state file PR.txt); Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025; SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present). 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)Kelaiah is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
Kelaiah's story is part of a larger biblical narrative emphasizing the importance of covenant fidelity and religious purity for the post-exilic Jewish community. His participation in the covenant renewal demonstrates the themes of repentance and restoration.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
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)5 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 4 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 193 | #37,938 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2015 | 16 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2003 | 14 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2021 | 13 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2019 | 13 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2023 | 12 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2014 | 12 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 11 | #37,938 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 11 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2016 | 11 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2013 | 11 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2001 | 11 | — |
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Kelaiah come from?
- The meaning of the name Kelaiah is uncertain. The name Kelita, which is used for the same person, may be a nickname with a meaning related to being 'stunted', 'midget', or 'cripple'. Recorded by Biblical Names Compiled Database.
- How do you pronounce Kelaiah?
- In Spanish /celaja/. Transcriptions are machine-generated except where a dictionary is named.
- Is Kelaiah a male or female name?
- Kelaiah is a female name. National registers that list it by sex list it as female: United States (Census Bureau, 2020).
- What does the name Kelaiah mean?
- Recorded meaning: The meaning of the name Kelaiah is uncertain.
- In which country does Kelaiah have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 204 people named Kelaiah, more than in any other country we hold.
- Where is Kelaiah most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Kelaiah is densest in Guyana — about 1 in 750 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Kelaiah?
- In the United States, the national register counted 204 people named Kelaiah in 2020, about 1 in 1.6 million residents.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/kelaiahThe 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, “Kelaiah”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.