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Kalle is a Scandinavian and Germanic diminutive of Karl. While traditionally a masculine name in Northern Europe, it has seen occasional use as a feminine name in the United States, often as a variant of Callie.
Less common today
Kalle isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #3,201 in 1998.
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
Estonian-Canadian writer and activist
Finnish world champion alpine skier
