Callaway
A unisex name of Old English origin, meaning from the rocky stream or river.
Callaway by the numbers
Callaway was given to 47 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 31 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Callaway. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Callowaycold stream or river43 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Callaway
Names that are said the same way as Callaway, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Khaliabeloved friend; feminine form of Khalil115 in the US (2017)
- Kahliathe dark goddess; a modern spelling variant of Kali46 in the US (2017)
- Caelafair; a form of Caoimhe or Kayla9 in the US (2017)
- Kaileiasea; variant of Kailea or Kaeleigh7 in the US (2017)
- Kaleah168 in the US (2017)
- Kalia162 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a river
Like Callaway, each of these has a river in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Islaisland; from the river Islay1,959 in England and Wales (2025)
- Kendallvalley of the river Kent1,634 in the US (2017)
- Wadeto go or ford across water899 in the US (2017)
- Sabrinafrom the River Severn; Romano-British origin732 in the US (2017)
- Loreleimurmuring rock; a Rhine river siren680 in the US (2017)
- Trentonsettlement of the trent river673 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a stone or rock
Like Callaway, each of these has a stone or rock in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Masonstone worker13,560 in the US (2017)
- Jadejade stone; symbol of virtue and beauty2,765 in the US (2017)
- Harleyhare meadow or rocky meadow366 in England and Wales (2025)
- Peterrock, stone1,777 in the US (2017)
- Harlowrocky hill or army hill832 in the US (2017)
- Esmeraldaemerald; the precious green stone815 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Callaway
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