Given name & surname
Calle
“a free man”
In Swedish use, Calle is a diminutive of Carl. In German use, Carl carries the interpretation “a free man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Swedish use, Calle is a diminutive of Carl. In German use, Carl carries the interpretation “a free man.”
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Swedish usage, Calle is a diminutive of Carl.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1978. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Calle through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 218
- 0 boys · 218 girls
- Most popular year
- 1998
- 12 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2012. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 314 as a first name in 2020; 4,704 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Calle’s family of names
In Swedish usage, Calle is a diminutive of Carl. In Swedish usage, Calle has a related form in Kalle.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Calle
- Calle JärnkrokSwedish ice hockey playerborn 1991
- Calle JohanssonSwedish ice hockey playerborn 1967
- Calle RidderwallSwedish ice hockey playerborn 1988
- Calle JularboSwedish musician (1893–1966)
- Calle LindhSwedish alpine skierborn 1990
- Calle AnderssonSwedish ice hockey playerborn 1994
- Calle RosénSwedish ice hockey defencemanborn 1994
- Calle SchlettweinNamibian politicianborn 1954
- Calle WedeSwedish footballerborn 1990
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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