Caleb Forename
5,921st
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 177,505 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya
Caleb Forename Definition:
A male name. Hebrew ‘bold’, ‘impetuous’. Used (chiefly by Puritans) in the 17th C and survived till the 19th C. It is still used in the USA.
Caleb Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 100% | 45,765 | 1:1,012 | 211 |
| United States | 100% | 38,070 | 1:9,523 | 1,049 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 28,093 | 1:6,321 | 952 |
| Ghana | 100% | 10,057 | 1:2,683 | 421 |
| DR Congo | 99% | 6,437 | 1:11,469 | 1,127 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 5,723 | 1:2,695 | 486 |
| Uganda | 100% | 5,214 | 1:7,855 | 846 |
| Congo | 100% | 4,564 | 1:1,098 | 168 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 3,626 | 1:3,136 | 631 |
| Brazil | 100% | 3,616 | 1:59,247 | 3,984 |
| Haiti | 100% | 1,734 | 1:6,186 | 808 |
| Malawi | 100% | 1,734 | 1:9,869 | 1,106 |
| Mexico | 99% | 1,723 | 1:72,051 | 2,206 |
| Canada | 100% | 1,670 | 1:19,840 | 1,804 |
| Australia | - | 1,564 | 1:8,732 | 881 |
| Chad | 100% | 1,545 | 1:8,802 | 1,382 |
| Jamaica | - | 1,475 | 1:1,955 | 434 |
| South Africa | 99% | 1,337 | 1:40,787 | 4,468 |
| New Zealand | - | 1,032 | 1:4,395 | 645 |
| Togo | - | 989 | 1:7,320 | 1,126 |
| Zambia | - | 921 | 1:17,215 | 1,560 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 904 | 1:23,905 | 1,996 |
| England | 100% | 830 | 1:66,991 | 2,876 |
| Peru | 100% | 795 | 1:39,989 | 2,278 |
| Mali | 100% | 718 | 1:23,646 | 1,603 |
| Philippines | 100% | 498 | 1:212,870 | 9,260 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 412 | 1:128,127 | 6,460 |
| Thailand | 100% | 390 | 1:179,656 | 12,351 |
| Poland | 100% | 377 | 1:100,868 | 2,190 |
| India | 100% | 351 | 1:3,461,191 | 150,030 |
| Gabon | 100% | 321 | 1:5,867 | 1,120 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 291 | 1:105,885 | 10,050 |
| Papua New Guinea | 98% | 263 | 1:30,997 | 3,095 |
| Swaziland | - | 231 | 1:5,628 | 945 |
| Benin | 100% | 228 | 1:46,385 | 3,740 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 220 | 1:21,672 | 1,429 |
| Spain | 100% | 212 | 1:219,481 | 4,272 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 191 | 1:55,505 | 2,082 |
| Singapore | 100% | 169 | 1:37,202 | 6,519 |
| Malaysia | 100% | 162 | 1:187,963 | 11,085 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 159 | 1:189,949 | 7,060 |
| Colombia | 95% | 157 | 1:304,324 | 5,880 |
| Panama | 100% | 155 | 1:25,204 | 2,274 |
| Chile | 100% | 140 | 1:125,766 | 2,891 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 129 | 1:4,504 | 590 |
| Liberia | 100% | 125 | 1:35,296 | 2,064 |
| Egypt | - | 108 | 1:850,935 | 16,903 |
| China | - | 103 | 1:13,262,677 | 59,895 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 101 | 1:181,975 | 8,375 |
| El Salvador | - | 97 | 1:65,379 | 1,790 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 94 | 1:14,483 | 1,925 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 83 | 1:194,077 | 3,002 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 80 | 1:130,391 | 6,179 |
| Hong Kong | - | 74 | 1:104,767 | 2,841 |
| Botswana | 100% | 69 | 1:31,659 | 3,460 |
| Indonesia | - | 69 | 1:3,738,604 | 161,436 |
| Kuwait | - | 66 | 1:57,352 | 4,703 |
| Ireland | 100% | 63 | 1:73,707 | 2,074 |
| Bahamas | - | 63 | 1:6,339 | 890 |
| Israel | 93% | 61 | 1:137,753 | 5,126 |
| Honduras | 100% | 58 | 1:152,025 | 4,063 |
| Ivory Coast | 96% | 58 | 1:397,861 | 16,009 |
| South Korea | - | 54 | 1:102,674 | 5,187 |
| France | 100% | 48 | 1:1,384,799 | 9,425 |
| Germany | 100% | 48 | 1:2,014,122 | 11,630 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 48 | 1:125,382 | 3,955 |
| Wales | 100% | 40 | 1:77,358 | 2,170 |
| Angola | - | 36 | 1:749,072 | 2,190 |
| Barbados | - | 34 | 1:8,523 | 996 |
| Scotland | 100% | 33 | 1:162,132 | 3,108 |
| Guyana | 100% | 30 | 1:25,442 | 2,915 |
| Qatar | 100% | 28 | 1:84,629 | 9,711 |
| Sweden | 100% | 27 | 1:365,108 | 10,445 |
| Ecuador | - | 26 | 1:681,805 | 6,318 |
| Ethiopia | - | 25 | 1:3,902,405 | 10,287 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 22 | 1:768,276 | 15,209 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 22 | 1:161,377 | 2,338 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 19 | 1:9,359 | 1,306 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 19 | 1:432,289 | 7,332 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 18 | 1:5,522 | 1,017 |
| Japan | - | 18 | 1:7,110,336 | 31,011 |
| Guam | - | 17 | 1:9,450 | 1,317 |
| Italy | 99% | 15 | 1:4,070,806 | 21,403 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 13 | 1:2,509,501 | 20,196 |
| Belize | 100% | 12 | 1:29,526 | 2,824 |
| Iceland | - | 12 | 1:30,501 | 1,954 |
| Guinea | 100% | 11 | 1:1,078,059 | 3,355 |
| Norway | 100% | 11 | 1:466,575 | 8,612 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 11 | 1:9,977 | 1,310 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 10 | 1:6,130 | 975 |
| Russia | 100% | 10 | 1:14,423,370 | 48,053 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 9 | 1:204,794 | 1,831 |
| Bermuda | - | 9 | 1:7,203 | 999 |
| Central African Republic | - | 9 | 1:501,710 | 504 |
| Denmark | - | 9 | 1:627,722 | 8,968 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 9 | 1:5,692 | 857 |
| Romania | - | 9 | 1:2,227,997 | 23,879 |
| Sudan | - | 9 | 1:4,200,775 | 4,893 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 9 | 1:794,666 | 24,808 |
| Vanuatu | - | 9 | 1:29,088 | 709 |
| Argentina | 100% | 8 | 1:5,346,655 | 13,183 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 8 | 1:3,906 | 755 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 7 | 1:3,395,669 | 64,613 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 6 | 1:340,000 | 19,758 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 6 | 1:32,392,947 | 130,865 |
| Czechia | 100% | 5 | 1:2,131,232 | 5,044 |
| Finland | 100% | 5 | 1:1,096,637 | 9,775 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 5 | 1:22,316 | 2,594 |
| Vietnam | - | 5 | 1:18,524,623 | 4,897 |
| Belgium | 100% | 4 | 1:2,872,510 | 22,632 |
| Dominica | - | 4 | 1:18,868 | 592 |
| Morocco | - | 4 | 1:8,587,159 | 11,086 |
| Mozambique | - | 4 | 1:6,810,839 | 3,114 |
| Nepal | - | 4 | 1:7,121,838 | 62,014 |
| Palau | - | 4 | 1:5,428 | 88 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 4 | 1:1,772,166 | 913 |
| Suriname | - | 4 | 1:138,203 | 2,927 |
| Tunisia | - | 4 | 1:169,226 | 7,289 |
| Austria | 100% | 3 | 1:2,838,067 | 11,255 |
| Grenada | 100% | 3 | 1:36,042 | 2,687 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 3 | 1:11,569 | 1,028 |
| Cambodia | - | 2 | 1:8,136,665 | 51,498 |
| Greece | - | 2 | 1:5,467,274 | 17,678 |
| Lebanon | - | 2 | 1:2,813,786 | 13,895 |
| Niger | 100% | 2 | 1:9,591,997 | 55,581 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 2 | 1:3,618,402 | 11,946 |
| Albania | - | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Bahrain | - | 1 | 1:1,348,673 | 7,854 |
| Bhutan | - | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Cuba | - | 1 | 1:11,506,552 | 13,531 |
| French Polynesia | - | 1 | 1:277,902 | 3,605 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Georgia | - | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Guernsey | - | 1 | 1:63,331 | 901 |
| Hungary | - | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Jordan | - | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
| Malta | - | 1 | 1:429,360 | 3,141 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
| Montserrat | - | 1 | 1:4,876 | 752 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Namibia | - | 1 | 1:2,404,179 | 16,970 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 1 | 1:54,668 | 1,803 |
| Oman | - | 1 | 1:4,108,667 | 12,526 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| Senegal | - | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
| Syria | - | 1 | 1:19,306,075 | 9,560 |
| Transnistria | - | 1 | 1:475,638 | 2,115 |
| Turkey | 100% | 1 | 1:77,801,709 | 91,051 |
| Ukraine | - | 1 | 1:45,499,908 | 32,056 |
The alternate forms: Calèb (1), Cáleb (1) & Caléb (1) are calculated separately.
Caleb (28,099) may also be a surname.
Caleb Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. Hebrew ‘bold’, ‘impetuous’. Used (chiefly by Puritans) in the 17th C and survived till the 19th C. It is still used in the USA.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
In Hebrew, ‘a dog.’ In Judges, Caleb was the staunch and faithful spy, who, of the 600,000 persons that had come out of Egypt, alone went with Joshua into the Promised Land. In C16-17 England, only among Puritans, it became, in C18, a fairly general ‘Christian’, free of cynical association and almost free of Puritan memories.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
The Scripture name, in Hebrew כָּלֵב, from kélebh, a dog.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
Hebrew (masculine) - A dog (as significant of fidelity).
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
Kay'-leb, a dog, a crow, a basket. 1. The son of Jephunneh, of the tribe of Judah, one of those who accompanied Joshua when he went to view the land of Canaan. Num. xiii. 6. 2. The name of a canton in the tribe of Judah. 1 Sam. xxx. 14. 3. The son of Hezron. 1 Chron. ii 18. 4. The son of Hur, and grandson of the former Caleb. 1 Chron. ii 50.
— The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar
Meaning: a dog: whole-hearted.
— A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson
A Hebrew name, meaning: A dog, symbol of fidelity.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Caleb Forename Popularity
Caleb Demographics
Caleb Religious Adherence
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Sample size: 34 (1901)
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