Kali (name)
Kali is an Indian given name and surname of Sanskrit origins from the name Kālá. It is also a Finnish masculine given name that is a form of Kalle. Notable people with this name include the following:
Mononym
- Kali, Hindu goddess, destroyer of evil forces
- Kali (Bulgarian singer), professional name of Galina Dimitrova Ivanova, Bulgarian singer
- Kali (demon), Hindu mortal demon, source of all evil
- Kali (footballer), nickname of Carlos Manuel Gonçalves Alonso,, Angolan former footballer
- Kali (painter), nickname of Hanna Weynerowska, Polish painter
- Kali (French singer), stage name of Jean-Marc Monnerville, French musician
Nicknames
- Kali, stage name of Kalila Ali Ross, American rapper
- Kali Meehan, nickname of Kalivati Gerald Meehan, New Zealand-born boxer
- Kali Mirza, stage name of Kalidas Chattopadhyay, Indian composer
- Kali Mountford, nickname of Carol Jean Mountford, British politician
- Kali Muscle, stage name of Chuck Kirkendall, American bodybuilder, model and actor
- Kali Mutsa, stage name of Celine Reymond, Chilean singer and the name of her band
- Kali N. Rathnam, stage name of Narayana Padaiyatchi Rathnam,, Indian actor
- Kali Uchis, professional name of Karly-Marina Loaiza, American singer and songwriter
Given name
- Kali Arulpragasam, English jewelry designer and artist
- Kali Charan Bahl, Indian professor of languages and linguistics
- Kali Banerjee, Indian film actor
- Kali Charan Banerjee, Indian Christian
- Kali S. Banerjee, Bangladeshi statistics professor
- Kali Prasad Baskota Nepali singer, musician and lyricist
- Kali Christ, Canadian speed skater
- Kali Davis-White, American sprint athlete
- Kali Ranjan Deb, Indian politician
- Kali Flanagan, American ice hockey player
- Kali Nicole Gross, American historian
- Kali Gwegwe, Nigerian football executive
- Kali Hawk, American actress, comedian and model
- Kali Charan Hembram, Indian writer
- Kali Bahadur Malla, Nepalese politician
- Kali Malone, American composer and organist
- Kali Nikitas, American graphic designer
- Kali Ongala, English football player
- Kalicharan Prasad, Indian politician
- Kali Reis, American boxer
- Kali Rocha, American actress
- Kali Nath Roy, Indian journalist and editor
- Kali Charan Saraf, Indian politician
- Kali Spitzer, Canadian indigenous photographer
- Kali Charan Suman, Indian politician
- Kali VanBaale, American novelist
Middle name
- Rognvald Kali Kolsson, Norwegian saint
- Shar-Kali-Sharri, Akkadian Empire king
Surname
- Anouar Kali, Moroccan football player
- Cyril Kali, French footballer
- Kelley Kali, American director and producer
- Maitreya Kali and Satya Sai Maitreya Kali, stagename of Craig Vincent Smith, American musician, songwriter and actor
- Sándor Káli, Hungarian politician
- Shanti Kali, Indian Hindu priest
- Sinbad Kali, Australian rugby footballer
- Tamar-kali, American singer-songwriter
- Wavala Kali, Papua New Guinean sprint athlete