Given name
Kalinda
“of the sun”
Kalinda is used as a given name. One Indian interpretation is “of the sun.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Indian interpretation is “of the sun.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Indian.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1966. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kalinda through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 404
- 0 boys · 404 girls
- Most popular year
- 1982
- 23 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 9 in 2018. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 23 in 1982. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 402 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.
Kalinda’s family of names
Kalinda has a related form in Kalindi. Kalinda has a related form in Kalindah. Kalinda has a related form in Kalinde.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 10
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Kalyndavariant
- Kalyndeevariant
- Kalindeevariant
- Kalyndievariant
- Kalyndivariant
- Kalindievariant
- Kalindivariant
- Kalindehvariant
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