Calem
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 9 babies a year in the US.
Calem by the numbers
Calem was given to 9 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 21 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Calem
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 Calem. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Calebwhole-hearted, faithful7,093 in the US (2017)
- Calumdove; scottish form of Columba138 in the US (2017)
- Caledevotion to god; a form of Caleb57 in the US (2017)
- Caleystrife or battle; a form of Caolán12 in the US (2017)
- Calelswift; quick9 in the US (2017)
- Clemmerciful or mild; a form of Clement9 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Calem
Names that are said the same way as Calem, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Calem
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