Caleesi
Girl · ka-LEE-see · Modern
Caleesi is a girls' name of Modern origin, meaning “queen, in the invented Dothraki language”. In 2025 it ranked 6,545th for girls in the US (17 babies).
What does Caleesi mean?
Modern: spelling of Khaleesi; invented word from Game of Thrones
“queen, in the invented Dothraki language”
A title, not a name, in Game of Thrones: the Dothraki word for the wife of a khal, borne by Daenerys Targaryen.
- Say it
- ka-LEE-see
Meaning borrowed from Khaleesi. More on Wiktionary.
Is Caleesi a girl's or a boy's name?
Caleesi is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Caleesi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,545among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 95,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 17 girls in the US were named Caleesi, making it the 6,545th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,625th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 19 girls. It first appears in the records in 2012.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had more girls named Caleesi than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Caleesi in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 534 girls in the US were given Caleesi or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #559, up from #6,545 for this spelling alone.
Caleesi in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #6,545 |
| 2024 | 15 | #7,247 |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,050 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 13 | #8,019 |
| 2020 | 17 | #6,625 |
| 2019 | 14 | #7,712 |
| 2018 | 19 | #6,244 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 18 | #6,725 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
Names like Caleesi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Oaklynn Jaylani Cataleya Rynlee Wrenley Kehlani Lakelynn Brynlee Coraline Collins Elowyn Ailany
Other spellings of Caleesi
Names related to Caleesi
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