75%RatingSave Gender Masculine & Feminine Usage Hawaiian Pronounced Pron. ka-LAY [key·IPA] Meaning & History Means "the flowers" or "the child" from Hawaiian ka "the" and lei "flowers, lei, child". Related Names User SubmissionKalei Categories child meaning, Chocolatier characters, flora, flowers, isograms, top 10 in Hawaii - 1900-1939