Kalia
Appearance
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Punjabi ਕਾਲੀਆ (kālīā).
Proper noun
[edit]Kalia (plural Kalias)
- A surname from Punjabi.
Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Kalia is the 39281st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 560 individuals. Kalia is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (83.21%) individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Kalia”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 267.
Hawaiian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]kalia (“waited for”), also the name of a native tree of the linden family.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Kalia
- a female given name from Hawaiian
References
[edit]- Hawaii State Archives: Marriage records Kalia (which might also stand for Kaliʻa) occurs in 19th century marriage records as the only name (mononym) of 8 women and 11 men.
- Social Security Administration: Popular Baby Names by State: Kalia (which may also stand for Kaliʻa) was included in the top hundred first names for girls born in the State of Hawaii in 2007.
Categories:
- English terms borrowed from Punjabi
- English terms derived from Punjabi
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English surnames
- English surnames from Punjabi
- Hawaiian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hawaiian lemmas
- Hawaiian proper nouns
- Hawaiian given names
- Hawaiian female given names
- Hawaiian female given names from Hawaiian