Given name
Kalifah
“a chaste and holy woman”
Kalifah is a variant of Kalifa. One interpretation is “a chaste and holy woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Kalifah is a variant of Kalifa. One interpretation is “a chaste and holy woman.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1996. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kalifah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 0 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 1996
- 5 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 1996. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Kalifah’s family of names
Kalifah has a related form in Kalifa.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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