Cable
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.
Cable by the numbers
Cable was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 11 babies in 1976, making it a 1970s name.
What we can tell you about Cable
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Cable. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Caledevotion to god; a form of Caleb57 in the US (2017)
- Cabe5 in the US (2017)
- Calebwhole-hearted, faithful7,093 in the US (2017)
- Carlofree man; Italian form of Charles27 in England and Wales (2025)
- Cainea form of Cain; acquired or possession64 in the US (2017)
- Cachehidden treasure or storage place42 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Cable
Names that are said the same way as Cable, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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