Kali

KAH-lee; kal-ee

Sanskrit, English

"black one; free man; beauty"

Kali Rank in US Top 1000

# 294 in the US

Kali Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 1047 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Kali

• 294 US 2024
• 1047 Nameberry 2025
• 227 Future 2028
• 846 England 2024

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Famous People Named Kali

• Kali Hawk American actress (pronounced like Callie)
• Kali Uchis (born Karly Loaiza) Colombian,American singer
• Kali Ann Robinson Clark (b. 2019), daughter of We The Kings frontman Travis Clark and actress Jenny Robinson,Clark

The name Kali in Pop Culture

• Kali character on TV's "Teen Wolf"
• Kali character on TV's "Supernatural"
• Madame Kali aka Evelyn Poole character on TV's "Penny Dreadful"
• Kali the Hindu goddess who wears a necklace of skulls that can instantaneously change into blooming flowers and then back to skulls again. She is usually depicted with four hands; one of her right hands says "Don't be afraid" and the other offers you a bowl of rice. However, one of her left hands holds a sword and in the other is a human head. Kali brings love, ecstasy, and life, but she also brings darkness, terror, and death. She is the natural cycle of life and death.
• Kali Belladonna character on Rooster Teeth's "RWBY"
• Kali Prasad character on Netflix's Stranger Things