What does Kalei mean in Hawaiian?
Kalei is a Hawaiian unisex name that means the lei, the beloved child. The name comes from ka (the) + lei (garland, beloved child). It is pronounced kah-LAY, with 2 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Kalei belongs with other Hawaiian names about love and flower.
The words inside Kalei
lei means garland, wreath and appears in 18 Hawaiian names, among them Leilani, Leialoha, Hanalei, Hiʻilei.
How to pronounce Kalei
Say every vowel. The vowels in Kalei are a as in “father”, e as in “bet”, i as “ee”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Kalei a boy or girl name?
Kalei is listed here as unisex. Of the 2,167 U.S. babies given it, 88% were girls and 12% boys.
How often Kalei is given in the U.S.
Social Security records show 2,167 U.S. babies named Kalei from 1973 to 2023 (1,909 girls, 258 boys). It appears in 44 of those 51 years. Its peak was 2003, with 142. The 2014 to 2023 total of 421 is fewer than in all earlier years combined. In Hawaiʻi itself, 51 babies born in the state were named Kalei from 1973 to 2021, with a peak of 10 in 1999. No year after 1999 reached five births of one sex there.
How well recorded is Kalei?
Kalei has its own entry among Wiktionary’s documented Hawaiian given names.