Kalub

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 10 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
10
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Kalub by the numbers

Kalub was given to 10 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 48 babies in 2002, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.

What we can tell you about Kalub

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 Kalub. 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)
  • Kalobwhole heart; variant of Caleb7 in the US (2017)
  • Kalib24 in the US (2017)
  • Kalum20 in the US (2017)
  • Kalab6 in the US (2017)
  • Kaiusrejoices; from gaius24 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Kalub

Names that are said the same way as Kalub, 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 Kalub

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