Caleb

Where Caleb comes from

From Late Latin Caleb, Calebus, from Koine Greek Χάλεβ (Kháleb), from Biblical Hebrew כָּלֵב (Kālēḇ), possibly related to כֶּלֶב (keleḇ, “dog”), referring to the unconditional devotion of dogs to their masters.
— Wiktionary's entry for Caleb
  • Hebrew
  • 2 syllables
Caleb through the years
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #325 among boys, with 27 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1989
    Caleb Landry Jones born
    American actor
  3. 2009
    Peak, #31
    11,001 babies named Caleb, its best rank.
  4. 2025
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #58.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Hebrew first used by Puritans.
Namesakes
  • Caleb Landry Jones · American actor, born 1989

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.