Calab
Boy · KAY-leb · Hebrew
Calab is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “dog, or wholehearted”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Calab mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Kalab, itself a variant spelling of Caleb
“dog, or wholehearted”
A variant spelling of Caleb, one of the twelve spies Moses sent into Canaan in the Hebrew Bible.
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Meaning borrowed from Kalab.
Is Calab a girl's or a boy's name?
Calab is a boys' name.
How popular is Calab in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2007, with 26 boys. It first appears in the records in 1984.
Half of all the boys named Calab in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Calab in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 12 | #6,758 |
| 2007 | 26 | #3,891 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 16 | #5,029 |
| 2004 | 14 | #5,487 |
| 2003 | 15 | #5,030 |
| 2002 | 12 | #5,718 |
| 2001 | 23 | #3,612 |
| 2000 | 20 | #3,916 |
| 1999 | 17 | #4,157 |
| 1998 | 18 | #3,845 |
| 1997 | 16 | #4,054 |
| 1996 | 17 | #3,824 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 10 | #5,446 |
| 1993 | 17 | #3,655 |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 11 | #4,752 |
| 1990 | 17 | #3,461 |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,453 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
Names like Calab
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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