Kalle

Swedish diminutive and Finnish, Danish, and Estonian variant of Karl

"free man"

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Updated Tue May 12 2026

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Kalle Origin and Meaning

Variation of Carl

Kalle Virtanen
birth name of Kaarle Viikate, lead singer of Finnish metal band Viikate (Scythe)
Kalle Markus Palander
Finnish alpine skier
Kalle Anttila
Finnish Olympic wrestler
Kalle Moraeus
Swedish musician of Orsa Spelmän and Benny Anderssons Orkester
Kalle "Cane" Savijärvi
guitarist for Finnish folk,metal band Korpiklaani
Kalle Kiiskinen
Finnish Olympic curler
Kalle Lasn
Estonian,Canadian film director and writer
Karl
Axel "Kalle" Sundqvist, Swedish Olympic sprint canoer
Kalle Katajisto
Finnish motorcycle racer

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