Kalab
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KAY-leb
- Origin
- Hebrew
Kalab 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 Kalab 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 Kalab a girl's or a boy's name?
Kalab is a boys' name.
How popular is Kalab in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1999, with 30 boys. It first appears in the records in 1987.
Half of all the boys named Kalab in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kalab in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,598 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 16 | #5,475 |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,798 |
| 2008 | 15 | #5,762 |
| 2007 | 14 | #5,898 |
| 2006 | 25 | #3,886 |
| 2005 | 19 | #4,459 |
| 2004 | 23 | #3,855 |
| 2003 | 17 | #4,611 |
| 2002 | 25 | #3,445 |
| 2001 | 12 | #5,660 |
| 2000 | 22 | #3,634 |
| 1999 | 30 | #2,791 |
| 1998 | 18 | #3,845 |
| 1997 | 15 | #4,241 |
| 1996 | 12 | #4,871 |
| 1995 | 20 | #3,298 |
| 1994 | 15 | #4,088 |
| 1993 | 17 | #3,655 |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,120 |
| 1991 | 14 | #3,998 |
| 1990 | 12 | #4,401 |
| 1989 | 19 | #3,088 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
Names like Kalab
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zamir Musa Hamza Ibrahim Khalil Ahmad Zahir Yahir Khalid Muhammad Amir Nasir
Names related to Kalab
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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, “Kalab: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kalab, updated 20 October 2026.