What names are similar to Caleb?
If you like Caleb, consider Canaan, Cohen and Micah. In our US baby-name charts, they reach their highest point in the 2010s, the same decade as Caleb.
The same roots
Also Hebrew names, from the tradition Caleb comes from.
Noah Hebrew · "rest," from the Hebrew Noach, the ark-builder who rode out the flood; quiet for most of the 20th century, then the defining boys' name of the 2010s in the US and much of Europe. Gentle in sound, patriarch in weight
Jacob Hebrew · traditionally "holder of the heel" or "supplanter," from the Hebrew Ya'aqov, the patriarch who wrestled the angel and fathered the twelve tribes; a Jewish and Puritan staple that ruled the US boys' charts for over a decade around the 2000s. Jake comes free
Adam Hebrew · man; connected with the Hebrew word for ground in Genesis; also a name in the Quran
Ethan Hebrew · "firm, enduring," from Eitan; in the Bible a sage whose wisdom only Solomon surpassed. An early-American favorite that returned in the 1990s and stayed; solid by etymology and by temperament
Names of the same moment
Each of these is at its highest in the 2010s, the same decade as Caleb, on a similar curve.
Canaan Hebrew · biblical promised land; meaning uncertain
Cohen Hebrew · "priest"
Micah Hebrew · who is like God
Jorden Hebrew · variant spelling of Jordan, from the Jordan River, 'to flow down'
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