Kaelob
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KAY-leb
- Origin
- Hebrew
Kaelob 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 Kaelob mean?
Hebrew: 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.
Is Kaelob a girl's or a boy's name?
Kaelob is a boys' name.
How popular is Kaelob in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2000, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 1993.
Half of all the boys named Kaelob in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kaelob in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 13 | #6,388 |
| 2007 | 13 | #6,259 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 13 | #5,807 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 16 | #4,567 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
Names like Kaelob
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jacob Caleb Kayden Kobe Keanu Noah Jakob Keegan Zion Aiden Axel Cohen
Names related to Kaelob
More Hebrew names
Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias Mateo Elsie
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Kaelob: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kaelob, updated 20 October 2026.