Caileb
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 7 babies a year in the US.
Caileb by the numbers
Caileb was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 18 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Caileb
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 Caileb. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Calebwhole-hearted, faithful7,093 in the US (2017)
- Cayleb28 in the US (2017)
- Cailen9 in the US (2017)
- Cainea form of Cain; acquired or possession64 in the US (2017)
- Cainenpossessor, one who acquires; a form of Cainan50 in the US (2017)
- Camileyoung ceremonial attendant; a form of Camilla20 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Caileb
Names that are said the same way as Caileb, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Kalebwhole heart; a modern spelling of Caleb2,091 in the US (2017)
- Kaylebdevotion to God; a modern spelling of Caleb85 in the US (2017)
- Khalebwhole heart; a modern spelling of Caleb51 in the US (2017)
- Kailebwhole heart; a spelling variant of Caleb29 in the US (2017)
- Kaleabincrease; grow10 in the US (2017)
- Kallebwhole heart; variant of Caleb7 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Caileb
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