Khaleesi
Meaning
from Game of Thrones: the feminine form of the Dothraki title khal, 'warlord'
The story
Khaleesi comes from a title, not a traditional name: in George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire, first published in 1996, and its television adaptation Game of Thrones, which ran from 2011 to 2019, it is the feminine form of the Dothraki title khal, "warlord", and Daenerys Targaryen gains it when she marries Khal Drogo. The American record's first bucket is the 2010s, the same decade the adaptation aired: about 3,070 girls that decade, and about 2,470 so far in this one. No decade before the 2010s carries a published line: a warlord's title worn as a given name, and a record whose entire published history sits in the adaptation's own decade and the one after it.
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Khaleesi has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.
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Popularity in Brazil
38 people · the #80,303 first name in Brazil · median age 4
Among people named Khaleesi living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
When you meet Khaleesi
Most people given the name Khaleesi in the United States are children or teenagers today. The name belongs to this generation.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Khaleesi deep dive
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