Cal
Cal Origin and Meaning
Cal is a nickname style name that feels as friendly and calm as it does cool and breezy. While its longer forms have proved more popular over the years, Cal as a stand alone has dropped on and off of the US Top 1000 since the 1880s.
Traditionally, Cal derives from the Biblical Caleb, giving it the meaning "dog" or "the whole of". Alternatively, it comes from the English name Calvin, meaning bald. There are however a multitude of other origins, including Callum, Callahan, Callan, Pascal, Connally, Calix, and Macauley, which gives you the chance to pick whichever meaning you like best, some of which are listed above.
You could go for one of these long forms if your prefer something more formal or with a more solid meaning, but Cal as a standalone name has a long history of use. Since US records began, there has never been a year when it wasn't given to at least 5 babies, and. as of 2020, it is back in the US Top 1000 and on the rise.
Given to around 370 babies each year, Cal fits in with other nickname style names, like Leo, Jack, Finn, Ty, Drew, and Mack.
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Cal Rank in US Top 1000
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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" HubbardAmerican NFL player and baseball umpire
- Calvin "Cal" ScrubyAmerican hip,hop artist
- Cal Smith (born Calvin Grant Shofner)American country music singer
- John Calvin "Cal" ThomasAmerican columnist and pundit
- Calvin Coolidge "Cal" WorthingtonAmerican car dealer famous for his commercials
- Calvin M. "Cal" DooleyU.S. Congressman from California
- Callen Radcliffe "Cal" Tjader Jr.American jazz musician
- Callahan "Cal" O'ReillyCanadian ice hockey player
- Silent Calnickname for U.S. President Calvin Coolidge
- Callum AireyYouTube personality known as Calfreezy
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- Callum McGinleyYouTube personality known as Callux
Cal in Pop Culture
- Cal Lightmanmain character on TV's "Lie to Me"
- Caledon "Cal" Hockleycharacter in movie "Titanic"
- Judge Calcharacter in Judge Dredd comics
- "Cal" 1984 Irish movie and novel by Bernard MacLaverty
- "Cal" short story about a robot by Isaac Asimov
- Cal Morrisoncharacter in TV's "Orphan Black"
- Calvin "Cal" Zabo/Johnsoncharacter in Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
- Caleb 'Cal' Traskcharacter in John Steinbeck's 'East of Eden'
- Tiberias "Cal" Calorecharacter from novel Red Queen
- Cal Weavermain character in film "Crazy, Stupid, Love"