Given name & surname
Kalla
“son of the sun”
Kalla is a variant of Kala. One Hawaiian interpretation is “son of the sun.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Kalla is a variant of Kala. One Hawaiian interpretation is “son of the sun.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Kalla is a variant of Kala. Kala has been associated with Arabic and Hawaiian naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1985. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kalla through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 334
- 0 boys · 334 girls
- Most popular year
- 1986
- 20 babies
- 2025
- 14
- #7,667 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +53%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 14 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 7,667 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 20 in 1986. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 315 as a first name in 2020; 742 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Kalla’s family of names
Kalla has a conventional equivalent in the French form Carla. Kalla has a related form in Kala. In Finnish usage, Kalla as a surname has a related form in Kalli.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Kalla has relatives in 4 languages.
5 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Kalla
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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