Kähler
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Surname type showing main-stressed vowel variation (a/o; ä/ö) on the map
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/kɛlɐ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Kähler is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.
- DEGermany≈1 in 27K(inferred from the name graph)
- AUAustralia≈1 in 45K
- USUnited States1 in 57K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Kähler itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 343 (measured from records)
- 1 in 22K (inferred from the name graph)
≈40,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Denmark
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Kahler in US United States, GB United Kingdom, AU Australia and 1 more and Kaehler in CD Congo - Kinshasa.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Surname type showing main-stressed vowel variation (a/o; ä/ö) on the map.
Sources 1
- Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus
Attested across 7 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Kähler counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | ≈40,000 est. | ≈1 in 35K | — | Kahler | 3 |
| US United States | 5,881 | 1 in 57K | 5.9K | Kahler | 343 |
| DE Germany | ≈3,000 est. | ≈1 in 27K | listed | Kähler | 92 |
| CD Congo - Kinshasa | ≈2,000 est. | ≈1 in 51K | — | Kaehler | 1 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈920 est. | ≈1 in 71K | — | Kahler | 73 |
| AU Australia | ≈570 est. | ≈1 in 45K | 2 | Kahler | 88 |
| DK Denmark | 262 | 1 in 22K | 262 | — | 2 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; the dfa-band-1 register; SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Kähler is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, wohl zu 'kahl' statt zu 'Köhler'; die Karte zeigt die Dehnung/Schreibung ae = ä als Vokalvariante.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus
In German, Variante zu Köhler, Berufsname 'Köhler'; die Karte zeigt Monophthongvarianz o/ö. 2139 Träger.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus
In German, Berufsname zu mhd. koläre / mnd. koler; mit ä/ae als Umlautvariante. Die Karte zeigt die o/ö bzw. o/ä-Vokaldifferenz.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus
In German, Variante zu Köhler; mit sekundärem -t-Antritt als Kählert belegt, fast ausschließlich im niederdeutschen Raum.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus
In German, Deutscher Familienname; zeigt ö > ä-Vokalvariation. 2198 Belege.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Martin Kählerb. 1835DEGerman theologian (1835–1912)
- Wilhelmine Kählerb. 1864DEGerman politician (1864-1941)
- Luise Kählerb. 1869DEGerman politician and Trade Union leader. (1869-1955)
- Wilhelm Kählerb. 1871DEGerman politician (1871–1934)
- Sigrid Kählerb. 1874DKDanish painter and housewife (1874-1923)
- Otto Kählerb. 1894DEGerman admiral (1894-1967)
- Heinz Kählerb. 1905DEGerman classical archaeologist (1905–1974)
- Erich Kählerb. 1906DEGerman mathematician (1906–2000)
- Ernst Kählerb. 1914DEGerman church historian and theologian (1914-1991)
- Christoph Kählerb. 1944DEGerman theologian
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 9 sources across 5 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts) | — | 262 | #1,835 |
| DE Germany | Deutscher Familiennamenatlas Band 1 | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Kähler mean, and where does it come from?
- Surname type showing main-stressed vowel variation (a/o; ä/ö) on the map. Recorded by Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus.
- How do you pronounce Kähler?
- A machine transcription gives /kɛlɐ/ (IPA) for German.
- In which country does Kähler have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 40 thousand people named Kähler in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled kahler.
- Where is Kähler most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Kähler is densest in Denmark — about 1 in 22 thousand people — even though China holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Kähler?
- In the United States, the national register counted 5,881 people named Kähler in 2010, about 1 in 57 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Kähler?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/k%C3%A4hlerThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Kähler”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.