Entry № 5152 · Arabic origin

Kalila Kalila — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ kah-LEE-lah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Arabic
Meaning
"Beloved (Kalila wa Dimna Persian-Arabic fables)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Medieval (Arabic)

A name that means "beloved (kalila wa dimna persian-arabic fables)".

Kalila is from the Arabic كليلة (Kalīlah — beloved, dearly loved). Kalila is one of the Arabic feminine names — central to traditional Muslim heritage. Arabic feminine name reflecting Arabic-Persian literary heritage.

Beloved (Kalila wa Dimna Persian-Arabic fables) — a Arabic name.

The name in its native script.

كليلة
Transliteration
Kalīlah
Pronunciation
/ kəˈliː.lə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Kalila stands.

Kalila 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.

Kalilas before her.

Real people
Ibn al-Muqaffa
Translator of Kalila wa Dimna to Arabic + Islamic Golden Age literature c. 720-756 CE.
c. 720 – 756 CE
In fiction
Kalila
Jackal-brother in Kalila wa Dimna + Panchatantra fables.
Kalila wa Dimna

Names connected to Kalila.

The number behind Kalila.

1

The Leader

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Kalila reduce to 1, The Leader. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.