Khalessi
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ka-LEE-see
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #2,998 for girls
Khalessi is a girls' name of Modern origin, meaning “queen, in the invented Dothraki language”. In 2025 it ranked 2,998th for girls in the US (55 babies).
What does Khalessi 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.
Meaning borrowed from Khaleesi. More on Wiktionary.
Is Khalessi a girl's or a boy's name?
Khalessi is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 55 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Khalessi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,998th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 55 about 1 in 29,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 63% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 55 girls in the US were named Khalessi, making it the 2,998th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,755th. It first appears in the records in 2012.
2025 had the most girls named Khalessi of any year since it first appeared, in 2012.
Half of all the girls named Khalessi in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 534 girls in the US were given Khalessi or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #559, up from #2,998 for this spelling alone.
Khalessi in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 55 | #2,998 |
| 2024 | 49 | #3,225 |
| 2023 | 30 | #4,562 |
| 2022 | 32 | #4,376 |
| 2021 | 43 | #3,552 |
| 2020 | 27 | #4,755 |
| 2019 | 33 | #4,259 |
| 2018 | 22 | #5,615 |
| 2017 | 28 | #4,809 |
| 2016 | 22 | #5,794 |
| 2015 | 25 | #5,286 |
| 2014 | 17 | #6,985 |
| 2013 | 14 | #8,131 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
Names like Khalessi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kehlani, Kaylani, Jaylani, Amoura, Malani, Kaliyah, Ailany, Naylani, Daleyza, Azari, Oaklynn, Kamiyah
Other spellings of Khalessi
Names related to Khalessi
More Modern names
Jayden, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Ailani, Kayson
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, “Khalessi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/khalessi, updated 20 October 2026.