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Kalen - Origin and Meaning of the name

 
 

 


The boy name Kalen [ 2 syll. ka-len, kal-en ] is pronounced as KEYLahN KEY. Kalen is used mostly in the English and German languages, and it is of Germanic origin. The first name is from the surname, which is itself from a place name so called in Mecklenburg, northern Germany.

Kalen is rare as a baby name for boys. At the modest peak of its usage in 1998, 0.008% of baby boys were given the name Kalen. It ranked at #859 then. The baby name has since experienced a fall in frequency, and is currently of sporadic use. Out of all boy names in its group, Kalen was nonetheless the most regularly used in 2007.

Baby names that sound like Kalen include the Hungarian Kelemen, the English Kellen, the English and German Killian, the Czech and German Kolman, the English and Scottish Callum, the English and Scottish Calum, the English and Irish Coleman, the English Colin, the English Collin, the Irish Colman, the English Cullen, the English and German Kilian, the German Koloman, and the Scottish Cailean.

KEY: Pronunciation for Kalen: K as in "key (K.IY)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"


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