Khaleesi ranks at #735 with 162 entries, registered female. The name is from the Game of Thrones television series (2011-2019), where it serves as Daenerys Targaryen's earned title in the Dothraki language meaning queen. On a pet registry it functions as one of the clearest pop-culture-locked picks on the entire chart.
The Game of Thrones lock
Khaleesi as a name has effectively no pre-2011 cultural existence. Every Khaleesi on the licensing chart is a direct reference to the HBO series, and the naming wave tracks tightly to the show's airing years (2011-2019). Owners pick Khaleesi specifically when the household watched the show through and felt strongly enough about the Daenerys character early in the run to commit the dog to the reference.
The post-finale complication
The show's controversial 2019 finale, in which the Daenerys character takes a heel turn, complicated the cultural register of the name retroactively. Pet Khaleesis registered before the finale carry the original heroic-queen register; pet Khaleesis registered after carry an unavoidable awareness of the character's later arc. Some households embrace the dragon-burning-King's-Landing energy as a household joke; others rarely mention the show.
Sound and breed lean
Three syllables, front-stressed (KAH-lee-see), open vowels throughout, soft consonants. The shape carries cleanly outdoors but is genuinely long for a call-name; many households compress to Khalee or Lee in casual contexts. The name lands disproportionately on substantial dignified breeds: German Shepherds, Siberian Huskies, white Shepherds, and Doodles. The human Khaleesi page shows a sharp 2010s SSA peak with steep post-finale decline; pet Khaleesi tracks the same arc.