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Meaning of the nameKalleb

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

Meaning

“dog”

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

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

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People (2022)
4,588
Rank in Brazil
#2,915
Median age
4 years
2010 Census
391
people

Kalleb in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Kalleb, 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 (2,228 people).

40 women 4,548 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 Kalleb is most common

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

  1. Distrito Federal 0.005%
  2. Goiás 0.005%
  3. Rio de Janeiro 0.004%
  4. Espírito Santo 0.004%
  5. Pará 0.003%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo7460.002%
Rio de Janeiro6360.004%
Minas Gerais5070.003%
Goiás3500.005%
Bahia2610.002%
Pará2350.003%
Ceará2230.003%
Paraná1940.002%
Rio Grande do Sul1680.002%
Maranhão1660.002%
Distrito Federal1480.005%
Espírito Santo1420.004%
Santa Catarina1180.002%
Pernambuco1080.001%
Mato Grosso1070.003%
Paraíba840.002%
Amazonas760.002%
Tocantins620.004%
Mato Grosso do Sul470.002%
Piauí450.001%
Rondônia420.003%
Rio Grande do Norte310.001%
Acre300.004%
Alagoas200.001%
Roraima170.003%
Sergipe150.001%

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

The spelling Kalleb

It combines the initial K with the doubled L.

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 Kalleb

What does the name Kalleb mean?

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

How many people are named Kalleb in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 4,588 people with the first name Kalleb, which ranks it number 2,915 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2010s.

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

Kalleb is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 40 women and 4,548 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Kalleb?

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

In which Brazilian state is Kalleb most common?

Proportionally, in Distrito Federal: 0.005% of the state's population is named Kalleb (148 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Kalleb?

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

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