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Caleb

Gender: M

Origin of Caleb: Hebrew

Meaning of Caleb: "devotion to God"

Caleb's Popularity in 2011: #32

Caleb is an attractive Old Testament name, one that is now following in hot pursuit of Jacob as a leading biblical boy's name. It has been in the Top 40 since 2000, now ranking at Number 32..

In the Old Testament Caleb is one one of only two ancient Israelites (Joshua was the other) who set out from Egypt to finally enter the promised land.

Julianne Moore chose Caleb for her son, as did Bo Bice. The shortform CALE is also rising in popularity, and the current Kaleb spelling picks up on the K-to-C initial trend.

Caleb Garth is a character in George Eliot's "Middlemarch," Caleb was the full name of James Dean's character Cal in "East of Eden," and the name has also been heard on "Desperate Housewives" and "Buffy the Vampire Slayer."

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Famous People Named Caleb
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Caleb Followill, American musician
Caleb Deschanel, American film director
Caleb Crushing, American diplomat
Caleb Carr, American novelist
Pop Culture References for the Name Caleb
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Caleb Garth is an honest, appealing character in George Eliot's classic novel Middlemarch
Caleb Prior, from Divergent trilogy
Caleb, from Vampire Diaries

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