Entry № 5144 · Hawaiian origin

Kalea Kalea — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ kah-LEH-ah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Hawaiian
Meaning
"Joy, bright"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Hawaiian)

A name that means "joy, bright".

Kalea is a Hawaiian name meaning "joy" or "bright." From the Hawaiian root lea (joy, gladness).

Kalea is rising in the U.S. and widely used in Hawaii.

Joy. The Hawaiian word, used as a name.

The name in its native script.

Kalea
Transliteration
Kalea
Pronunciation
/ kəˈleɪ.ə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Kalea stands.

Kalea does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Kaleas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Kalea
Common in Hawaiian fiction.

Names connected to Kalea.

The number behind Kalea.

3

The Communicator

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Kalea reduce to 3, The Communicator. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.