Given name
Calob
“dog”·“resembling a dog”
Calob is a variant of Caleb. Interpretations include “dog” (Hebrew) and “resembling a dog” (Hebrew). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Calob is a variant of Caleb. Interpretations include “dog” (Hebrew) and “resembling a dog” (Hebrew). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Calob is a variant of Caleb. An origin associated with Caleb is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1981. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Calob is a variant of Caleb. The history of Caleb gives this family its wider story. Caleb appears in biblical tradition, giving it a longstanding religious and cultural context.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Calob through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 733
- 733 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2001
- 57 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #12,354 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 12,354 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 57 in 2001. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 765 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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