Kali

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Male Male Name

Usage

Old Norse Old Norse
Finland Finnish

Origin and Meaning

1) Old Norse name and byname

Old Norse kala = 'to freeze, to be cold' [1]

2) Finnish variant form of Kalle [2]

Related Names

     
Kale Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish Old Danish Old Swedish
Kali Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish Old Norse

Further Information

In old Runic scripts, Kali is sometimes difficult to distinguish from Galli and Kalli [1]

Statistics

Name count per country
CountryCommonnessFemale ♀ Male ♂
Statimg f legend.pngStatimg m legend.pngas main name#also aux. name&as main name#also aux. name&
Sweden Sweden[3] Statimg f2.pngStatimg m1.png 25 31 1 4
Denmark Denmark[4] Statimg f1.pngStatimg m0.png 5 n.a. 0 n.a
Norway Norway[5] Statimg f1.pngStatimg m0.png 0 5 0 0
Finland Finland[6] Statimg f1.pngStatimg m1.png n.a. 6 n.a 6
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Kali.

Sources: [3] [4] [5] [6]

References

  1. Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2002)
  2. Kustaa Vilkuna: Etunimet (1990)
  3. Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  4. Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  5. Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  6. Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi