Kalkidan
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- kahl-kee-DAHN
- Origin
- Amharic
Kalkidan is a girls' name of Amharic origin, meaning “covenant”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Kalkidan mean?
Amharic: from Amharic kalkidan
“covenant”
An Ethiopian name from the Amharic word for a covenant or promise.
Is Kalkidan a girl's or a boy's name?
Kalkidan is a girls' name.
How popular is Kalkidan in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2015, with 13 girls. It first appears in the records in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Kalkidan in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kalkidan in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,872 |
| 2015 | 13 | #8,443 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
Names like Kalkidan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Teagan, Kennedy, Kerrigan, Rowan, Brynlee, Braelynn, Keegan, Eowyn, Reagan, Brynn, Kinley, Kiara
More Amharic names
Amare, Aryam, Gelila, Mahelet, Nolawi, Haset, Tafari, Bruk, Leul, Naod, Kidus, Melat, Haile, Menelik, Nuhamin, Meklit
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, “Kalkidan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kalkidan, updated 20 October 2026.