Given name & surname
Kailas
“the home of Lord Shiva”
Kailas is used as a given name and a surname. One Hindi interpretation is “the home of Lord Shiva.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hindi interpretation is “the home of Lord Shiva.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hindi.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1990. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kailas through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 73
- 73 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2003
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #9,292 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 9,292 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 328 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Kailas’s family of names
Kailas has a related form in Kailasa. In Greek usage, Kailas as a surname is a transliteration of Κάιλας. In Greek usage, Kailas as a surname is a transliteration of Καηλάς.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 4
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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