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Meaning of name Kale

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Meaning

The name Kale has the following meaning:

One who is manly and strong/a free man. The English term "churl" meaning "serf" derives from the same root. Has been a household favourite ever since the era of the Emperor Charlemagne, and in fact a popular royal name in many European countries, including England.
It is a male name, suitable for baby boys.

Popularity

As a baby boy name, Kale is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 833 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).

In 2009, the name Kale fell in popularity and moved down the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2009, by 12 places. For the Year 2009, it ranked 513 in the Top 1000 charts.

The following chart shows the popularity of the name Kale in the USA, over the past 100 years.
USA baby name statistics

Origins

The name Kale is very likely a(n) Hawaiian variant of the name Charles. See other suggested Hawaiian boy baby names.

You might also like to see the other variants of the name Charles.

Related names

The following names are baby names related to Kale and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Kale: Boys - Emmet, Everett, Otho, Watt, Wilburn, Girls - Adelaide, Adelia, Adelle, Adline, Alberta, Allar, Arleth, Arminda, Arminta, Berdie, Bernardine, Both genders - Bertha, Emma, Gertrude

Variants

The name Kale is a variant of Charles. Other popular variants of the name Charles are: Carel (Polish), Carl (Scandinavian), Carlo (Italian), Carlos (Portuguese), Carlus (Irish), Carrol (French), Carroll (German), Caryl, Chad, Charlea, Charlee (German), Charleigh, Charley, Charli (German), Charlie (English), Charlot (French), Charls (German), Charlton, Charly, Chars (German), Chas (English), Chay, Chaz (English), Chazz, Chick, Chip, Cholly, Chuck (English), Kaarle (Finnish), Kale (Hawaiian), Karel (Dutch), Karl (Scandinavian), Karol (Polish), Karoly (Hungarian), Searlas (Irish Gaelic), Siarl (Welsh), Tearlach (Gaelic), Xarles (Basque)

Style

We think the name Kale should fall under the following style category: Everlasting.

See other Everlasting boy names

Impression

Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Kale to be: A smart and loyal person

In one word, you might describe Kale as a(n) "loyal" person.

See other "loyal" names for boys.

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Famous persons

See the meaning of Charles for names of some famous persons with the name Kale or Charles (or their variants).
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Kyle (46)
Kenneth (112)
Keith (254)
Keegan (258)
Kyler (276)
Kobe (301)
Keaton (366)
Kelvin (410)
Khalil (434)
Korbi
Kentun
Kirby
Kiro
Kurtyss
Kam
Keernan
Kennt
Kurtice
Kandrix
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