Kiele
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- kee-EH-leh
- Origin
- Hawaiian
Kiele is a girls' name of Hawaiian origin, meaning “gardenia”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Kiele mean?
Hawaiian: Hawaiian kiele 'gardenia'
“gardenia”
A Hawaiian word for the gardenia flower.
Is Kiele a girl's or a boy's name?
Kiele is a girls' name.
How popular is Kiele in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2005, with 41 girls. It first appears in the records in 1981.
Half of all the girls named Kiele in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kiele in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 15 | #7,744 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 22 | #5,932 |
| 2010 | 18 | #6,901 |
| 2009 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2008 | 25 | #5,571 |
| 2007 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2006 | 31 | #4,575 |
| 2005 | 41 | #3,583 |
| 2004 | 32 | #4,283 |
| 2003 | 32 | #4,105 |
| 2002 | 25 | #4,763 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 17 | #6,202 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,233 |
| 1998 | 17 | #5,794 |
| 1997 | 12 | #7,278 |
| 1996 | 12 | #7,125 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,798 |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,045 |
| 1992 | 9 | #8,726 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,241 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
Names like Kiele
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kennedy, Cassidy, Kiara, Teagan, Mckenna, Kaylee, Keeley, Kaitlyn, Brynlee, Brynn, Brooklyn, Brielle
Names related to Kiele
More Hawaiian names
Kai, Leilani, Koa, Kailani, Kalani, Nalani, Makai, Keanu, Koah, Meilani, Kailany, Leilany, Laylani, Kaleo, Lani, Luana
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, “Kiele: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kiele, updated 20 October 2026.