Kahleesi
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- kuh-LEE-see
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #11,928 for girls
Kahleesi is a girls' name of Modern origin, meaning “queen, wife of a khal”. In 2025 it ranked 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
What does Kahleesi mean?
Modern: spelling of Khaleesi, from the invented Dothraki language
“queen, wife of a khal”
A spelling of Khaleesi, the Dothraki title of Daenerys Targaryen in George R. R. Martin's fantasy saga and the TV series Game of Thrones.
Is Kahleesi a girl's or a boy's name?
Kahleesi is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kahleesi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 11,928th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Kahleesi, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 17 girls. It first appears in the records in 2013.
2025 had fewer girls named Kahleesi than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Kahleesi in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 534 girls in the US were given Kahleesi or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #559, up from #11,928 for this spelling alone.
Kahleesi in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 12 | #8,438 |
| 2023 | 17 | #6,675 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,134 |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 13 | #8,480 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
Names like Kahleesi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kehlani, Kaylani, Malani, Jaylani, Naylani, Kailani, Ailany, Amoura, Kylani, Jalani, Kalani, Meilani
Other spellings of Kahleesi
Names related to Kahleesi
More Modern names
Jayden, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn, Ailani
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Kahleesi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kahleesi, updated 20 October 2026.