Entry № 5144 · Hawaiian origin

Kalea Kalea — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ kah-LEH-ah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Hawaiian
Meaning
"Joy, bright"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Hawaiian)

A name that means "joy, bright".

Kalea is a Hawaiian name meaning "joy" or "bright." From the Hawaiian root lea (joy, gladness).

Kalea is rising in the U.S. and widely used in Hawaii.

Joy. The Hawaiian word, used as a name.

The name in its native script.

Kalea
Transliteration
Kalea
Pronunciation
/ kəˈleɪ.ə /
Root
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Grammatical form
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Where Kalea stands.

Kalea does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Kaleas before her.

Real people

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In fiction
Kalea
Common in Hawaiian fiction.

Names connected to Kalea.

The number behind Kalea.

3

The Communicator

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Kalea reduce to 3, The Communicator. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.