Calon
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KAL-on
- Origin
- Welsh
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
Calon is a boys' name of Welsh origin, meaning “heart”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies).
What does Calon mean?
Welsh: Welsh word
“heart”
The Welsh word for heart, familiar from the Welsh hymn Calon Lân, 'a pure heart'.
Is Calon a girl's or a boy's name?
Calon is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Calon in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Calon, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 2017, with 6 boys.
2025 had more boys named Calon than any year since 2017.
In 2025, 229 boys in the UK were given Calon or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #239, up from #4,301 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Calon in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 1 | #5,936 |
Nicknames for Calon
- Cal 10 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Calon
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Finn Brody Kayden Conan Caelan Cassian Cody Rowan Lochlan Conlan Keegan Brayden
Other spellings of Calon
Names related to Calon
More Welsh names
Dylan Owen Winnie Maddox Morgan Idris Reese Bowen Griffin Rhys Gavin Reece Nia Seren Gwendolyn Winifred
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Calon: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/calon, updated 20 October 2026.