| Pronunciation | /ˈkeɪləb/ KAY-ləb |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Hebrew |
| Meaning | "faithful" or "whole-hearted" |
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | Caeleb, Kaleb, Kalib |
| Nickname(s) | Cal |
Caleb is a masculine given name derived from Hebrew, meaning either "faithful" or "whole-hearted".
People
Artists and entertainers
- Caleb Crain, American novelist and writer
- Caleb de Casper, American singer and performing artist
- Caleb Deschanel (born 1944), Franco-American cinematographer
- Caleb Followill (born 1982), lead singer and rhythm guitarist of the rock band Kings of Leon
- Caleb Foote (born 1993), American actor
- Caleb Johnson (born 1991), American singer
- Caleb Landry Jones (born 1989), American actor
- Caleb Lewis (born 1978), Australian playwright
- Caleb Cain Marcus, American photographer
- Caleb McLaughlin (born 2001), American actor
- Caleb Pressley (born 1992), American comedian
- Caleb Quaye (born 1948), English guitarist
- Caleb Ross (born 1981), New Zealander film and television actor
- Caleb Shomo (born 1992), American musician
- Caleb Simper (1856–1942), English composer and church organist
- Caleb Spivak, American actor
Athletes
- Caleb Aekins (born 1997), New Zealander rugby league footballer
- Caleb Agada (born 1994), Nigerian-Canadian basketball player
- Caleb Baldwin (boxer) (1769–1827), English boxer
- Caleb Biggers (born 1999), American football player
- Caleb Binge (born 1993), Australian professional rugby league footballer
- Caleb Brantley (born 1994), American football player
- Caleb Brousseau (born 1988), Canadian para-alpine skier
- Caleb Chakravarthi (born 1999), American tennis player
- Caleb Clarke (rugby union) (born 1999), New Zealand rugby union player
- Caleb Clarke (soccer) (born 1993), Canadian former soccer player
- Caleb Crone (1919–1958), Irish Gaelic footballer
- Caleb Daniel (born 1996), Australian rules footballer
- Caleb Dean (born 2001), American track and field athlete who competes as a hurdler
- Caleb Desnoyers (born 2007), Canadian junior ice hockey player
- Caleb Ekuban (born 1994), Italian footballer
- Caleb Ekwegwo (born 1988), Nigerian footballer
- Caleb Ewan (born 1994), Australian cyclist
- Caleb Fairly (born 1987), American former professional road racing cyclist
- Caleb Farley (born 1998), American football player
- Caleb Folan (born 1982), English footballer
- Caleb Foster (born 2004), American college basketball player
- Caleb Furst (born 2002), American basketball player
- Caleb Gaylard (born 1990), New Zealand cricketer
- Caleb Graham (born 2000), Australian rules footballer
- Caleb Hanie (born 1985), American football player
- Caleb Houstan (born 2003), Canadian basketball player
- Caleb Huntley (born 1998), American football player
- Caleb Jewell (born 1997), Australian cricketer
- Caleb Johnson (American football) (born 1998), American football player
- Caleb Jones (American football) (born 1999), American football player
- Caleb Jones (ice hockey) (born 1997), American professional ice hockey defenseman
- Caleb Lomavita (born 2002), American baseball player
- Caleb Love (born 2001), American basketball player
- Caleb Marchbank (born 1996), Australian rules footballer
- Caleb Martin (1924–1994), American football player
- Caleb Moore (1987–2013), American professional snowmobile racer
- Caleb Murphy (born 1999), American football player
- Caleb Patterson-Sewell (born 1987), American professional footballer
- Caleb Ralph (born 1977), New Zealand rugby union footballer
- Caleb Richards (born 1998), English footballer
- Caleb Shepherd (born 1993), New Zealander rowing cox
- Caleb Shudak (born 1997), American football player
- Caleb Stanko (born 1993), American soccer player
- Caleb Surratt (born 2004), American professional golfer
- Caleb Swanigan (1997–2022), American professional basketball player
- Caleb Thielbar (born 1987), American professional baseball player
- Caleb Timu (born 1994), New Zealand-born Australian rugby footballer
- Caleb Williams (born 2002), American football player
- Caleb Wilson (born 1996), American football player
- Caleb Zady Sery (born 1999), Ivorian professional footballer
Politicians
- Caleb J. Anderson (1910–1996), Swedish Social Democrat
- Caleb Atwater (1778–1867), American politician, historian, and early archaeologist
- Caleb Ayer (1813–1883), American politician
- Caleb Banks (1659–1696), English politician, member of the House of Commons
- Caleb P. Bennett (1758–1836), American soldier and politician
- Caleb Henry Buckland, Canadian politician
- Caleb Cushing (1800–1879), American statesman and diplomat, Congressman from Massachusetts and Attorney General
- Caleb Ellis (1767–1816), American politician and lawyer
- Caleb Frostman (born 1984), American politician
- Caleb Hanna (born 1999), American politician as a Republican member of the West Virginia House of Delegates
- Caleb C. Harris (1836–1904), American farmer, physician, and politician
- Caleb Claiborne Herbert (1814–1867), Confederate politician
- Caleb Hopkins (Upper Canada politician), (1786–1880), Canadian farmer and politician
- Caleb Jenner (1830–1890), English-born politician in colonial Victoria (Australia), member of the Victorian Legislative Council
- Caleb Jones (politician) (born 1980), American politician
- Caleb R. Layton (1851–1830), American politician
- Caleb Lomax (1695–1730), British landowner and politician
- Caleb J. McNulty (1816–1846), American lawyer, newspaper editor and politician
- Caleb Powell (1793–1881), Irish Repeal Association and Whig politician
- Caleb Powers (1869–1932), United States Representative from Kentucky and Secretary of State of Kentucky
- Caleb Rice (1792–1873), American politician and businessman
- Caleb Rodney (1767–1840), American merchant and politician
- Caleb Rowden, American politician
- Caleb B. Smith (1808–1864), United States Representative from Indiana
- Caleb Stark (1759–1838), American state senator
- Caleb Stetson (1801–1885), American businessman and politician from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
- Caleb Strong (1745–1819), lawyer and politician, sixth and tenth Governor of Massachusetts
- Caleb N. Taylor (1813–1887) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
- Caleb Walton West (1844–1909), American politician and Governor of Utah Territory
- Caleb Wright (1810–1898), English politician
Religious figures
- Caleb Ashworth (1722–1775), English dissenting tutor
- Caleb Fleming (1698–1779), English dissenting minister and polemicist
- Caleb Rotheram (1694–1752), English dissenting minister and tutor
Other
- Caleb Angas (1782–1860), English agriculturist
- Caleb Bonham (born 1986), American businessman and television personality
- Caleb Bradham (1867–1934), inventor of Pepsi-Cola
- Caleb Carr (born 1955), American military historian and author
- Caleb Chan, Hong Kong-born Canadian businessman and philanthropist
- Caleb Cheeshahteaumuck (died 1665 or 1666), the first Native American graduate of Harvard University
- Caleb Evans (geologist) (1831–1886), English geologist
- Caleb Finch, professor studying ageing in human beings
- Caleb Garling, American writer for Wired magazine
- Caleb V. Haynes (1895–1966), American Air Force major general
- Caleb Jeacocke (1706–1786), English baker and businessman
- Calev Myers (21st century), American-Israeli lawyer
- Caleb Hillier Parry (1755–1822), Anglo-Welsh physician
- Caleb Pusey (c. 1650–1727), friend and business partner of William Penn, provincial supreme court justice
- Caleb Saleeby (1878–1940), English physician, writer, and journalist
- Caleb Schaber (1973–2009), American artist and journalist
- Caleb Silver, American journalist
- Caleb Andrew Stewart (1888–1959), Scottish mathematician
- Caleb Whitefoord (1734–1810), Scottish merchant, diplomat, and political satirist
- Caleb Thomas Winchester (1847–1920), American English scholar
Biblical figures
- Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, an important figure in the Hebrew Bible/Christian Old Testament
- Caleb, son of Hezron, one of the three sons of Hezron, mentioned in the Book of Chronicles
Fictional characters
- Caleb (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), a villain in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer television series
- Caleb (computer game character), protagonist of the computer game Blood and its sequel, Blood II: The Chosen
- Caleb (W.I.T.C.H.), in the comic book and animated television series W.I.T.C.H.
- Caleb Dume, birth name of Jedi Kanan Jarrus in the Star Wars universe
- Caleb Morley, a vampire in the soap opera Port Charles
- Caleb Nichol, in The O.C. television series
- Caleb Rivers, in the TV series Pretty Little Liars
- Caleb Hammer, a Pinkerton agent in stories published by Marvel Comics.
- Caleb Blackthorne, an Elizabethan privateer in stories written by Byron Roberts.
See also
References
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