The name "Baykalia" is a combination of the words Bay and Kalivia. The "Bay" in the name simply alludes to the Bay of Suvol on the north coast of the nation. The "kal" stems from the "Kal" in the name "Kalivian Mountains," the mountain range that splits the nation into two sections. Kalivia is a feminized form of Kalivol, the city-state most associated with the modern Baykalia.