Cali

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Origin and Meaning of Cali

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• A user from Canada says the name Cali means "She bear".
• A submission from North Carolina, United States says the name Cali means "Most Beautiful".
• A submission from California, United States says the name Cali means "Beautiful" and is of American origin.
• A user from California, United States says the name Cali is of Arabic origin and means "Most Beautiful".

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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary

noun Ca"li

The tenth avatar or incarnation of the god Vishnu.

Other Dictionary Sources

1. City in southwestern Colombia in a rich agricultural area

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Cali was also found in the following language(s): Somali and Spanish

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Fun Facts about the name Cali

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• How Popular is the name Cali? Cali is the 1,881^st most popular name of all time. As a last name Cali was the 11,185^th most popular name in 2010.
• How many people with the first name Cali have been born in the United States? From 1880 to 2017, the Social Security Administration has recorded 16,352 babies born with the first name Cali in the United States. That's more than enough people named Cali to occupy the territory of Anguilla (United Kingdom) with an estimated population of 15,236 (as of July 1, 2011).
• What year were 5 or more babies first named Cali? The name was first given to 5 or more babies in the year 1959 when it was given as a first name to 6 new born babies.
• When was Cali first recorded in the United States? The oldest recorded birth by the Social Security Administration for the first name Cali is Monday, September 12th, 1892.
• What year had the most people named Cali born? The highest recorded use of the first name Cali was in 2014 with a total of 1,660 babies. That's a lot of babies named Cali!
• Random Cali Factoid: According to the 2014 U.S. Social Security Administration data, the first name Cali ranks 89^th in popularity as a baby girl's name in Mississippi. Imagine that, 31 babies in Mississippi have the same name as you in 2014.
• Weird things about the name Cali: Your name in reverse order is Ilac. A random rearrangement of the letters in your name (anagram) will give Cial. How do you pronounce that?
• How many people have the last name Cali? In 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau surveyed 2,827 people with the last name Cali.
• How likely are you to meet someone with the last name of Cali? Chances are, most people haven't met someone with Cali as their last name since less than 1 person in 104k people have that last name. If you know one, consider yourself lucky!

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