Caleb

Hebrew

"dog; whole heart"

Caleb Origin and Meaning

The name Caleb is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "dog; whole heart".

Caleb is an attractive Old Testament name that has been in the US Top 100 for nearly three decades now. Consistently popular but never too popular, Caleb feels more like a classic than a momentary trend.

Caleb has two potential derivations, the first being from the Hebrew kelev, meaning "dog," and the second from the Hebrew components kal and lev, together meaning "whole heart."

In the Old Testament Caleb is one of only two ancient Israelites (Joshua was the other) who set out from Egypt to finally enter the promised land.

Caleb Garth is a character in George Eliot's Middlemarch. Caleb was the full name of James Dean's character Cal in East of Eden, and the name has also been heard on Desperate Housewives and Buffy the Vampire Slayer.Julianne Moore chose Caleb for her son, as did Bo Bice. The shortform Cale is also rising in popularity, and the current Kaleb spelling picks up on the K-to-C initial trend.

Caleb Rank in US Top 1000

# 51 in the US

Caleb Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 70 on Nameberry

Caleb Popularity

• 51 US 2023
• 70 Nameberry 2024
• 35 Canada 2023
• 74 England 2022
• 34 Scotland 2023
• 83 Australia 2021
• 45 New Zealand 2023
• 125 Mexico 2021

20 Names Similar to Caleb

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Caleb.

• Elijah
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• Ethan
• Noah
• Isaac
• Eli
• Levi
• Benjamin
• Gabriel
• Luke
• Asher
• Owen
• Lucas
• Nathaniel
• Liam
• Jonah
• Micah
• Isaiah
• Samuel
• James

Famous People Named Caleb

• Caleb great,grandson of patriarch Judah (1 Chr. 2)
• Caleb Nott New Zealand musician
• (Caleb) Casey Affleck American actor
• (Anthony) Caleb Followill American musician of band Kings of Leon
• Caleb Deschanel American film director, father of actresses Zooey and Emily Deschanel
• Caleb Crushing American diplomat
• Caleb Carr American novelist
• Caleb Lyon American politician, 2nd governor of Idaho Territory
• Caleb Strong U.S. Senator and governor of Massachusetts
• Caleb James Sturgis American NFL football player
• Caleb Cassidy son of American actor/producer Shaun Cassidy
• Caleb Knightley brother of English actress Keira Knightley
• Caleeb Pinkett American actor and brother of actress Jada Pinkett Smith
• Caleb Landry Jones American actor
• Caleb Logan LeBlanc late American YouTuber
• Caleb Joseph Eckstein American child actor; triplet of brothers Alexander and Benjamin
• Caleb James Goddard (b. 1970) son of actors Susan Anspach and Jack Nicholson; adopted son of actor Mark Goddard
• Caleb Freundlich (b. 1997) son of actress Julianne Moore and director Bart Freundlich
• Caleb Mojica (b. 1998) son of singer Trina Braxton
• Caleb Kai Solomon (b. 2007) fourth son of American "Octomom" Nadya Suleman
• Caleb Bela Caballero (b. 2007) son of skateboarder Steve Caballero
• Caleb James Bice (b. 2008) son of singer Bo Bice
• Caleb Michael Hamels (b. 2009) son of baseball player Cole Hamels
• Caleb Marleau (b. 2014) son of ice hockey player Patrick Marleau
• Caleb Kelechi Asomugha (b. 2016) son of actress Kerry Washington
• Caleb McLaughlin American actor

Caleb in Pop Culture

• Caleb the Rebel leader in "W.I.T.C.H", a comic book series and animated series
• Caleb Garth character in George Eliot's "Middlemarch" (1871)
• Caleb Brewster character in TV show "TURN: Washington's Spies"
• Caleb Trask character in John Steinbeck's East of Eden
• Caleb Prior character in the Divergent series
• Caleb Smallwood character on The CW's "The Vampire Diaries"
• Caleb Rivers character on Freeform's "Pretty Little Liars" and "Ravenswood"
• Caleb Williams a novel by William Godwin and main character
• Caleb Pontipee character in movie "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers"
• Caleb Witting character in Sarah Plain and Tall by Patricia McLaughlan
• Caleb Temple character on TV's "American Gothic"
• Caleb Nichol character on TV's "The O.C."
• Caleb character on TV's "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"
• Caleb ben Hilliel character in H. Rider Haggard's, Pearl Maiden
• Caleb O'Dell character on CBC's Heartland
• Caleb Jacks character from Mari Mancusi's "Scorched", twin of Connor Jacks
• Caleb minor character in Lois Lowry's "The Giver"
• Caleb Haas character on ABC's "Quantico"
• Caleb Calhoun character on A&E's "Bates Motel"
• Caleb Widogast character in Dungeons & Dragons show "Critical Role"
• Caleb Vatore pre,made vampire in The Sims 4