Cal

Diminutive of Calvin

"dog; whole heart"

Cal Origin and Meaning

The name Cal is a boy's name .

A homey sitting-by-the fire-type nickname name.

Cal Rank in US Top 1000

# 747 in the US

Cal Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 889 on Nameberry

Cal Popularity

• 747 US 2022
• 889 Nameberry 2024
• 171 Unique 2019
• 857 Future 2028

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Famous People Named Cal

• Calvin Edwin "Cal" Ripken Jr. American baseball player
• Calvin Edwin "Cal" Ripken Sr. American baseball player
• Robert Calvin "Cal" Hubbard American NFL player and baseball umpire
• Calvin "Cal" Scruby American hip,hop artist
• Cal Smith (born Calvin Grant Shofner) American country music singer
• John Calvin "Cal" Thomas American columnist and pundit
• Calvin Coolidge "Cal" Worthington American car dealer famous for his commercials
• Calvin M. "Cal" Dooley U.S. Congressman from California
• Callen Radcliffe "Cal" Tjader Jr. American jazz musician
• Callahan "Cal" O'Reilly Canadian ice hockey player
• Silent Cal nickname for U.S. President Calvin Coolidge
• Callum Airey YouTube personality known as Calfreezy
• ^v not the same person although they do live together
• Callum McGinley YouTube personality known as Callux

Cal in Pop Culture

• Cal Lightman main character on TV's "Lie to Me"
• Caledon "Cal" Hockley character in movie "Titanic"
• Judge Cal character in Judge Dredd comics
• "Cal " 1984 Irish movie and novel by Bernard MacLaverty
• "Cal " short story about a robot by Isaac Asimov
• Cal Morrison character in TV's "Orphan Black"
• Calvin "Cal" Zabo/Johnson character in Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
• Caleb 'Cal' Trask character in John Steinbeck's 'East of Eden'
• Tiberias "Cal" Calore character from novel Red Queen
• Cal Weaver main character in film "Crazy, Stupid, Love"