Caleb

A male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “dog.”.

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Caleb is a Hebrew masculine given name. The Hebrew spelling of the name Caleb – כלב - is identical with the spelling of the word dog – "kelev". The composing of the Bible antedates by thousands of years the introduction of the Niqqud system of diacritical signs which modern Hebrew uses to represent vowels. Thus, it is difficult to ascertain how the name was originally pronounced. Many name books and websites list the meaning of Caleb as "Dog". Many Biblical characters bore animal names, including names which in the sensibilities of later times would be considered insulting, such as the woman prophet Hulda, whose name means "rat". In some traditions, Caleb's being a "dog" symbolizes his devotion to God.
An alternate Hebrew meaning offered for Caleb is "faithful, devotion, whole hearted, bold, brave". This is on the basis of its being actually a compound word, a phenomenon quite common in ancient Hebrew. Col (כל, Caf + Lamed) = "all" or "whole"; Lev (לב, Lamed + Bet) menas "heart". Therefore, Caleb (or Calev as pronounced in Hebrew) would actually mean "whole hearted". This might be due to the Biblical Caleb, a companion of Moses and Joshua, being noted for his astute powers of observation and fearlessness in the face of overwhelming odds.
Another plausible origin is a transposition of a name found in other ancient Semitic languages such as Phoenician and Ugaritic, meaning "servant of the Lord".
The early Medieval King Kaleb of Axum was the most well-known monarch of this kingdom (in modern Ethiopia and Eritrea). The name Caleb was popular among the English Puritans, and was introduced by them to America.

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Masc. proper name, in the Bible, one of the 12 men sent by Moses to reconnoiter Canaan, from Hebrew Kalebh, literally "dog-like," from kelebh "dog."

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Related to Hebrew kelev, means: dog. Or relate to Hebrew kal (whole, all of) and lev (heart). Means: dog in Hebrew, a symbol of devotion to God, faithful.

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Caleb Landry Jones	1989	American actor
2	Caleb Deschanel	1944	American film cinematographer and film/television director
3	Caleb McLaughlin	2001
4	Caleb Swanigan	1997	American basketball player
5	Caleb Shomo	1992	American musician
6	Caleb Brewster	1747
7	Caleb Reynolds	1987
8	Caleb Sturgis	1989	American football player, placekicker
9	Caleb Bradham	1867	American pharmacist
10	Caleb Moore	1987	American snowmobile racer
11	Caleb Konley	1983
12	Caleb Ewan	1994	Australian road and track bicycle racer
13	Caleb Porter	1975	American soccer player-coach
14	Caleb Fairley	1973	American murderer
15	Caleb Stanko	1993	American association football player
16	Caleb Hanie	1985	American football player
17	Caleb V. Haynes	1895	United States Air Force general
18	Caleb Ekuban	1994	Ghanaian footballer
19	Caleb Daniel	1996	Australian rules footballer
20	Caleb Nichol
21	Caleb Joseph	1986	Baseball player
22	Caleb Cushing	1800	American politician
23	Caleb Quaye	1948	British musician
24	Caleb Folan	1982	Footballer
25	Caleb Gattegno	1911	Egyptian mathematician and educator
26	Caleb Ross	1981	New Zealand actor
27	Caleb Strong	1745	Massachusetts lawyer, governor, and US senator
28	Caleb Blood Smith	1808	American politician and judge
29	Caleb Brantley
30	Caleb Cotham	1987	American professional baseball player
31	Caleb Campbell	1984	American football player
32	Caleb Marchbank	1996	Australian australian-rules footballer
33	Caleb Johnson	1991	American singer
34	Caleb Truax	1983	American boxer
35	Caleb Clarke	1993	Footballer
36	Caleb Ralph	1977	New Zealand rugby union player
37	Caleb Maupin		American journalist
38	Caleb Scofield		American musician
39	Caleb Cheeshahteaumuck
40	Caleb Benenoch	1994
41	Caleb Thielbar	1987	Baseball player
42	Caleb Patterson-Sewell	1987	American soccer player
43	Caleb Stegall	1971	American attorney
44	Caleb King	1988	Player of American football
45	Caleb Calvert	1996	American footballer
46	Caleb Scharf		British-born astronomer
47	Caleb Shang	1884	Australian soldier in World War I
48	Caleb Smith Woodhull	1792	American politician
49	Caleb Powers	1869	American politician
50	Caleb Gindl	1988	American baseball player
51	Caleb TerBush	1990	American football player
52	Caleb Schlauderaff	1987	American football player
53	Caleb Mwangangi Ndiku	1992	Kenyan middle- and long-distance runner
54	Caleb Holley	1990	American football player
55	Caleb McSurdy	1990	American football player
56	Caleb Flaxey	1983	Canadian curler
57	Caleb Crain	1967	American writer
58	Caleb Miller	1980	American football player
59	Caleb Mills	1806	American academic administrator
60	Caleb Walton West	1844	American politician
61	Caleb Hammer
62	Caleb Heathcote	1665	American mayor
63	Caleb Greenwood	1763	American explorer
64	Caleb Green	1964	Solo vocalist with the United States Army Band
65	Caleb Bentley	1762	American silversmith
66	Caleb Fairly	1987	Racing cyclist
67	Caleb Hillier Parry	1755	English physician
68	Caleb Lyon	1822	American politician
69	Caleb Clay	1988	Minor League Baseball pitcher in the San Francisco Giants organization
70	Caleb Chapman	1973	American musician
71	Caleb Norkus	1979	American soccer player
72	Caleb Atwater	1778	American politician
73	Caleb P. Bennett	1758	American politician
74	Caleb Stark	1759	Continental Army officer
75	Caleb Bragg	1885	American racing driver
76	Caleb McCarry		American official
77	Caleb Nelson
78	Caleb Saleeby	1878	British eugenicist
79	Caleb Rice	1792	American politician
80	Caleb Finch	1939	American scientist
81	Caleb Southern		American musician
82	Caleb Martin	1924	American gridiron football player
83	Caleb Zagi	1960	Member of the Senate of Nigeria
84	Caleb
85	Caleb Banks	1659	English politician
86	Caleb Alexander	1755	American writer
87	Caleb Rodney	1767	American politician
88	Caleb Harrison		American politician
89	Caleb Sean	1986	American musician
90	Caleb Daniel Lit	1983	Finnish singer
91	Caleb McDuff	2008	Profoundly deaf go-kart racer
92	Caleb Orozco	1973
93	Caleb Simper	1856	English organist and composer
94	Caleb Bailey	1898	United States Marine Corps general
95	Caleb Chan
96	Caleb Wright	1810	British politician
97	Caleb Lewis	1978	Australian playwright
98	Caleb Bingham	1757	American writer
99	Caleb Tompkins	1759	American politician
100	Caleb Sprague Henry	1804	American clergyman and writer
101	Jamie Caleb	1936	American gridiron football player
102	Caleb R. Layton	1851	American politician
103	Caleb Gibbs	1748	Continental Army officer
104	Caleb Binge	1993	Australian rugby league player
105	Caleb Bostic	1988	American football player
106	Caleb Huse	1831	Confederate Army officer
107	Caleb Davis	1738	American politician
108	Caleb Francis	1968	Footballer
109	Caleb Giddings		Sports shooter
110	Caleb J. Anderson	1910	Swedish politician
111	Brandon Caleb	1987	American football player
112	Caleb Paine	1990
113	Caleb Baker	1762	American politician
114	Caleb F. Abbott	1811	Politician
115	Caleb J. McNulty	1816	American politician
116	Caleb Crosby
117	Caleb Fleming	1698	English minister
118	Caleb Cook Baldwin	1820	American missionary
119	Caleb Afendopolo		Jewish writer and polyhistor
120	Caleb Roark	1993
121	Caleb Jones	1980	American politician
122	Caleb Scudder	1795	American politician
123	Caleb Holman	1984
124	Caleb Gardner	1739	American sea-captan
125	Caleb S. Pratt	1832	American abolitionist
126	Ruth Caleb
127	Caleb Ginyard	1910
128	Caleb Stine		American singer-songwriter
129	Caleb S. Denny	1850	American politician
130	Caleb Ellis	1767	American politician
131	Caleb Q. Dyer
132	Caleb Wyatt	1976	American freestyle motocross rider
133	Caleb Kelly
134	Caleb Schaber	1973	American journalist
135	Caleb Whitefoord	1734	Scottish businessman and diplomat
136	Caleb Ekwegwo	1988	Footballer
137	Caleb Threlkeld	1676	British botanist
138	Caleb Frank Gates	1903	American academic
139	Caleb T. O. Otto	1943	Palauan politician
140	Caleb Shepherd	1993	New Zealand rower
141	Caleb P. Barns	1812	American politician
142	Caleb Newbold Taylor	1813	American politician
143	Caleb Thomas Winchester	1847	American scholar
144	Caleb Rodney Layton III	1907	United States federal judge
145	Caleb Ayer	1813	American politician
146	Caleb S. Layton	1798	American politician
147	Caleb Rich	1750	American soldier and clergyman
148	Caleb Evans	1831	English geologist
149	Caleb H. Baumes	1863	American politician
150	Caleb W. Dorsey
151	Caleb Bonham
152	Caleb Merrill Wright	1908	United States federal judge
153	Caleb Suri	1966	American soccer player-coach
154	Caleb Angas	1782	Agriculturist
155	Caleb Lindsay		British film director
156	Caleb Brousseau	1988
157	Caleb Jewell	1997
158	Caleb Claiborne Herbert	1814	American politician
159	Caleb Stetson	1801	American politician
160	Caleb Lawrence	1941	Anglican bishop
161	Caleb Baldwin		American judge
162	Caleb Ashworth	1722	British carpenter
163	Caleb Althin	1866	Swedish artist
164	Caleb Garling	1981	American writer
165	Caleb Shaffner	1845	Canadian politician
166	Caleb Rowden
167	Caleb K. Zia		American academic
168	Caleb Dorsey		American politician
169	Caleb Cain Marcus	2000	Photographer
170	Caleb Wertenbaker		Set designer
171	Caleb Smith	1983	American skeleton racer
172	Caleb Warner	1922	American musical instrument maker
173	Caleb Wild Hammill	1863	American businessman
174	Caleb Makene	1996
175	Caleb J. Moore		American politician
176	Caleb Applewhite		Desperate Housewives character
177	Caleb Rand Bill	1806	Canadian politician
178	Caleb Hopkins	1786	Farmer and Politician
179	Caleb Jeacocke	1706	British businessman
180	Caleb C. Harris	1836
181	Caleb Rotheram	1694	English minister
182	Caleb Ormsbee	1752	American architect
183	Caleb Olaniyan
184	Caleb Postlewait	1993
185	Caleb Jenner	1830	Australian politician
186	Caleb Schylander	1895	Swedish footballer
187	Caleb S. Blanchard
188	Caleb Olliff	1883	New Zealander cricketer (1883-1961)
189	Caleb Rufer	1991
190	Caleb Earle	1771	American politician
191	Caleb Carr		American politician
192	Caleb Crone	1920
193	Caleb Brown	1989
194	Caleb Burwell Rowan Kennerly	1829	American naturalist
195	Caleb Spivak
196	Caleb Ruminer	1993
197	Caleb Santos Jordão Rocha Carvalho
198	Caleb Faulk	1993
199	Caleb Williams	1984
200	Caleb Timu