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Meaning of the nameCaleb

Caleb is a spelling of the name Kaleb, which means “dog”.

Meaning

“dog”

Meaning of the name Kaleb, of which Caleb is a spelling.

Source: Wiktionary: Caleb · Behind the Name: Caleb · Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Calebe

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People (2022)
18,012
Rank in Brazil
#1,137
Median age
5 years
2010 Census
2,173
people

Caleb in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Caleb, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2010s (8,845 people).

181 women 17,831 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Caleb is most common

States with the highest share of people named Caleb in the population, in the 2022 Census.

  1. Distrito Federal 0.017%
  2. Amapá 0.015%
  3. Espírito Santo 0.015%
  4. Amazonas 0.015%
  5. Rondônia 0.014%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo2,8330.006%
Rio de Janeiro2,2790.014%
Minas Gerais1,8710.009%
Bahia1,1680.008%
Ceará1,0470.012%
Pará8620.011%
Goiás8600.012%
Paraná8430.007%
Rio Grande do Sul6830.006%
Pernambuco6560.007%
Santa Catarina5990.008%
Amazonas5820.015%
Espírito Santo5790.015%
Maranhão5610.008%
Distrito Federal4750.017%
Paraíba3080.008%
Mato Grosso2870.008%
Mato Grosso do Sul2460.009%
Rondônia2260.014%
Rio Grande do Norte1810.006%
Piauí1650.005%
Alagoas1550.005%
Tocantins1540.010%
Acre1190.014%
Amapá1120.015%
Sergipe880.004%
Roraima730.012%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

The spelling Caleb

This is the traditional form, the same as the biblical character, and comes right after Kaleb in number of records.

About the name Kaleb

Wiktionary derives Caleb from Biblical Hebrew Kālēḇ and says the name is possibly related to keleḇ, 'dog'. Behind the Name says the name is very probably linked to the Hebrew word for 'dog' and gives as an alternative theory 'all' plus 'heart'. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil, citing Machado and Nascentes, points to a Hebrew origin with the meaning 'dog' and lists Kaleb among the spelling variants of Calebe. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 18,957 people named Kaleb, with a median age of 5; proportionally, it is most common in Acre.

Other spellings of Kaleb

SpellingPeople (2022)
Kaleb18,957
Caleb18,012
Kalleb4,588
Calleb1,449

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Caleb · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Behind the Name: Caleb · behindthename.com · meaning
  3. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Calebe · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · meaning
  4. Wiktionary: Kaleb · en.wiktionary.org · spelling

Questions about the name Caleb

What does the name Caleb mean?

Caleb means “dog”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name. This is the meaning of the name Kaleb, of which Caleb is a spelling.

How many people are named Caleb in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 18,012 people with the first name Caleb, which ranks it number 1,137 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2010s.

Is Caleb a boy's or a girl's name?

Caleb is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 181 women and 17,831 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Caleb?

Caleb is a name of Hebrew origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Caleb most common?

Proportionally, in Distrito Federal: 0.017% of the state's population is named Caleb (475 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Caleb?

Kaleb, Kalleb and Calleb. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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