Given name
Kaleen
“resembling a delicate flower”
Kaleen is used as a given name. One Slavic interpretation is “resembling a delicate flower.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Slavic interpretation is “resembling a delicate flower.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Slavic.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1949. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kaleen through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 748
- 0 boys · 748 girls
- Most popular year
- 1994
- 38 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 38 in 1994. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 739 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.
Kaleen’s family of names
Kaleen has a related form in Kalina. Kaleen has a related form in Kaleena. Kaleen has a related form in Kalena.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 12
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Kalinavariant
- Kalenavariant
- Kalynavariant
- Kaleenavariant
- Kalleenlikely variant
- Kaleanavariant
- Kalenevariant
- Kalynevariant
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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