Given name
Kalene
“resembling a delicate flower”
Kalene is a variant of Kaleen. One Slavic interpretation is “resembling a delicate flower.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Kalene is a variant of Kaleen. One Slavic interpretation is “resembling a delicate flower.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Kalene is a variant of Kaleen. An origin associated with Kaleen is Slavic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1954. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kalene through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 724
- 0 boys · 724 girls
- Most popular year
- 1993
- 204 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 2020. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 204 in 1993. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 663 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.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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