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Names like Kaleb

Kaleb is a two-syllable Hebrew name that ends in -eb. Each list below follows one of those threads on its own, so you can see exactly what the names share.

The same roots

Also Hebrew names, from the tradition Kaleb comes from.

Jaycob Hebrew · modern respelling of Jacob, traditionally 'supplanter'
Shiloh Hebrew · biblical place name, traditionally "tranquil"
Cohen Hebrew · "priest"
Salem Hebrew · "peace", from shalom; also a biblical place name

The same feel

Also biblical and modern names.

Judah Hebrew · praised
Ezrah Hebrew · variant of Ezra, 'help'
Javon Hebrew · variant of Javan, a biblical name referring to Greece/Ionia
Jadyn Hebrew · variant of Jaden/Jadon, traditionally said to mean God has heard

Names of the same moment

Each of these is at its highest in the 2010s, the same decade as Kaleb, on a similar curve.

Jorden Hebrew · variant spelling of Jordan, from the Jordan River, 'to flow down'
Jadon Hebrew · Hebrew name meaning 'he will judge', found in the Bible (Nehemiah)
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
Micah Hebrew · who is like God
The full Kaleb page: meaning, origin and 130 years of records
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