# Kalevi (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kalevi/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | not in the US data |
| Boys / girls in the US | not in the US data |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## People named Kalevi

- Kalevi Kotkas, Estonian-Finnish athletics competitor (1913–1983)
- Kalevi Hämäläinen, Finnish cross-country skier (1932–2005)
- Kalevi Aho, Finnish composer
- Kalevi Laurila, cross-country skier
- Kalevi Oikarainen, cross-country skier
- Kalevi Lehtovirta, Finnish footballer (1928-2016)
- Kalevi Huuskonen, Finnish biathlete (1932–1999)
- Kalevi Kull, Estonian biologist and semiotician (born 1952)
- Kalevi Wiik, Finnish linguist
- Kalevi J. Holsti, Finnish-Canadian political scientist
- Kalevi Numminen, Finnish ice hockey player and coach
- Kalevi Kiviniemi, Finnish organist

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.