Kalib
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 24 babies a year in the US.
Kalib by the numbers
Kalib was given to 24 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 96 babies in 2006, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Kalib
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 Kalib. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Kalebwhole heart; a modern spelling of Caleb2,091 in the US (2017)
- Kalilfriend, companion24 in the US (2017)
- Kaliqform of khaliq, the creator17 in the US (2017)
- Kalimspeaker; interlocutor3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Kalobwhole heart; variant of Caleb7 in the US (2017)
- Kalideternal; immortal6 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Kalib
Names that are said the same way as Kalib, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Calebwhole-hearted, faithful7,093 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 Kalib
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