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 [ 1 syll. ka-le, kal-e ] The boy name Kale is pronounced KEYL KEY. Kale is of Irish Gaelic, Hebrew, and Germanic origin, and it is used largely in the English and Hawaiian languages. Kale is a short form of the English Caleb. Kale is also a variant form of the English Cale. Kale is also a variant form (Hawaiian) of the English and French Charles. Kale is fairly popular as a baby name for boys. The name has been growing in popularity since the 1990s. Its usage peaked recently in 2008 with 0.025% of baby boys being given the name Kale. Its ranking then was #500. Among all boy names in its group, Kale was the 3rd most popular after the English Caleb and the English and French Charles in 2008. Its use outnumbered Kale's by 19 times in that year. Baby names that sound like Kale include the English Kail, the English Kayle, the English Cael, the English Cale, the English Kal, the Finnish, German, and Scandinavian Kalle, the English Kele, the English and German Kell, the English Kelle, the English Kiel, the English Kile, the Scandinavian Kjell, the English Kole, the English Kyle, the English, Scottish, and Irish Cal, the English Clay, the English Cole, the Scottish Coll, the English Kahlil, and the Hebrew and English Kalil. KEY: Pronunciation for Kale: K as in "key (K.IY)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)"   |
