Caleb (given name)

Caleb

Pronunciation	/ˈkeɪləb/ KAY-ləb
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Hebrew
Meaning	"faithful" or "whole-hearted"
Other names
Variant forms	Caeleb, Kaleb, Kalib
Nickname	Cal

Caleb is a masculine given name derived from Hebrew, meaning either "faithful" or "whole-hearted", and also "dog".

People

Artists and entertainers

• Caleb Crain, American novelist and writer
• Caleb de Casper, American singer and performing artist
• Caleb Deschanel (born 1944), Franco-American cinematographer
• Caleb Followill (born 1982), lead singer and rhythm guitarist of the rock band Kings of Leon
• Caleb Foote (born 1993), American actor
• Caleb Johnson (born 1991), American singer
• Caleb Landry Jones (born 1989), American actor
• Caleb Lewis (born 1978), Australian playwright
• Caleb Cain Marcus, American photographer
• Caleb McLaughlin (born 2001), American actor
• Caleb Pressley (born 1992), American comedian
• Caleb Quaye (born 1948), English guitarist
• Caleb Ross (born 1981), New Zealander film and television actor
• Caleb Shomo (born 1992), American musician
• Caleb Simper (1856–1942), English composer and church organist
• Caleb Spivak, American actor

Athletes

• Caleb Aekins (born 1997), New Zealander rugby league footballer
• Caleb Agada (born 1994), Nigerian-Canadian basketball player
• Caleb Baldwin (boxer) (1769–1827), English boxer
• Caleb Banks (American football) (born 2001), American football player
• Caleb Biggers (born 1999), American football player
• Caleb Binge (born 1993), Australian professional rugby league footballer
• Caleb Brantley (born 1994), American football player
• Caleb Brousseau (born 1988), Canadian para-alpine skier
• Caleb Chakravarthi (born 1999), American tennis player
• Caleb Clarke (rugby union) (born 1999), New Zealand rugby union player
• Caleb Clarke (soccer) (born 1993), Canadian former soccer player
• Caleb Crone (1919–1958), Irish Gaelic footballer
• Caleb Daniel (born 1996), Australian rules footballer
• Caleb Dean (born 2001), American track and field athlete who competes as a hurdler
• Caleb Desnoyers (born 2007), Canadian junior ice hockey player
• Caleb Douglas (born 2003), American football player
• Caleb Downs (born 2004), American football player
• Caleb Ekuban (born 1994), Italian footballer
• Caleb Ekwegwo (born 1988), Nigerian footballer
• Caleb Etienne (born 2001), American football player
• Caleb Ewan (born 1994), Australian cyclist
• Caleb Fairly (born 1987), American former professional road racing cyclist
• Caleb Farley (born 1998), American football player
• Caleb Folan (born 1982), English footballer
• Caleb Foster (born 2004), American college basketball player
• Caleb Furst (born 2002), American basketball player
• Caleb Gaylard (born 1990), New Zealand cricketer
• Caleb Graham (born 2000), Australian rules footballer
• Caleb Hanie (born 1985), American football player
• Caleb Houstan (born 2003), Canadian basketball player
• Caleb Huntley (born 1998), American football player
• Caleb Jewell (born 1997), Australian cricketer
• Caleb Johnson (American football) (born 1998), American football player
• Caleb Jones (American football) (born 1999), American football player
• Caleb Jones (ice hockey) (born 1997), American professional ice hockey defenseman
• Caleb Lohner (born 2001), American football and basketball player
• Caleb Lomavita (born 2002), American baseball player
• Caleb Love (born 2001), American basketball player
• Caleb Marchbank (born 1996), Australian rules footballer
• Caleb Martin (1924–1994), American football player
• Caleb Moore (1987–2013), American professional snowmobile racer
• Caleb Murphy (born 1999), American football player
• Caleb Patterson-Sewell (born 1987), American soccer player
• Caleb Plant (born July 8, 1992) is an American professional boxer
• Caleb Ralph (born 1977), New Zealand rugby union footballer
• Caleb Ransaw (born 2002), American football player
• Caleb Richards (born 1998), English footballer
• Caleb Rogers (born 2001), American football player
• Caleb Shepherd (born 1993), New Zealander rowing cox
• Caleb Shudak (born 1997), American football player
• Caleb Stanko (born 1993), American soccer player
• Caleb Surratt (born 2004), American professional golfer
• Caleb Swanigan (1997–2022), American professional basketball player
• Caleb Thielbar (born 1987), American professional baseball player
• Caleb Tiernan (born 2003), American football player
• Caleb Timu (born 1994), New Zealand-born Australian rugby footballer
• Caleb Williams (born 2002), American football player
• Caleb Wilson (born 1996), American football player
• Caleb Zady Sery (born 1999), Ivorian professional footballer

Politicians

• Caleb J. Anderson (1910–1996), Swedish Social Democrat
• Caleb Atwater (1778–1867), American politician, historian, and early archaeologist
• Caleb Ayer (1813–1883), American politician
• Caleb Banks (1659–1696), English politician, member of the House of Commons
• Caleb P. Bennett (1758–1836), American soldier and politician
• Caleb Henry Buckland, Canadian politician
• Caleb Cushing (1800–1879), American statesman and diplomat, Congressman from Massachusetts and Attorney General
• Caleb Ellis (1767–1816), American politician and lawyer
• Caleb Frostman (born 1984), American politician
• Caleb Hanna (born 1999), American politician as a Republican member of the West Virginia House of Delegates
• Caleb C. Harris (1836–1904), American farmer, physician, and politician
• Caleb Claiborne Herbert (1814–1867), Confederate politician
• Caleb Hopkins (Upper Canada politician), (1786–1880), Canadian farmer and politician
• Caleb Jenner (1830–1890), English-born politician in colonial Victoria (Australia), member of the Victorian Legislative Council
• Caleb Jones (politician) (born 1980), American politician
• Caleb R. Layton (1851–1830), American politician
• Caleb Lomax (1695–1730), British landowner and politician
• Caleb J. McNulty (1816–1846), American lawyer, newspaper editor and politician
• Caleb Powell (1793–1881), Irish Repeal Association and Whig politician
• Caleb Powers (1869–1932), United States Representative from Kentucky and Secretary of State of Kentucky
• Caleb Rice (1792–1873), American politician and businessman
• Caleb Rodney (1767–1840), American merchant and politician
• Caleb Rowden, American politician
• Caleb B. Smith (1808–1864), United States Representative from Indiana
• Caleb Stark (1759–1838), American state senator
• Caleb Stetson (1801–1885), American businessman and politician from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
• Caleb Strong (1745–1819), lawyer and politician, sixth and tenth Governor of Massachusetts
• Caleb N. Taylor (1813–1887) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
• Caleb Walton West (1844–1909), American politician and Governor of Utah Territory
• Caleb Wright (1810–1898), English politician

Religious figures

• Caleb Ashworth (1722–1775), English dissenting tutor
• Caleb Fleming (1698–1779), English dissenting minister and polemicist
• Caleb Rotheram (1694–1752), English dissenting minister and tutor

Other

• Caleb Angas (1782–1860), English agriculturist
• Caleb Bonham (born 1986), American businessman and television personality
• Caleb Bradham (1867–1934), inventor of Pepsi-Cola
• Caleb Carr (born 1955), American military historian and author
• Caleb Chan, Hong Kong-born Canadian businessman and philanthropist
• Caleb Cheeshahteaumuck (died 1665 or 1666), the first Native American graduate of Harvard University
• Caleb Evans (geologist) (1831–1886), English geologist
• Caleb Finch, professor studying ageing in human beings
• Caleb V. Haynes (1895–1966), American Air Force major general
• Caleb Jeacocke (1706–1786), English baker and businessman
• Calev Myers (21st century), American-Israeli lawyer
• Caleb Hillier Parry (1755–1822), Anglo-Welsh physician
• Caleb Pusey (c. 1650–1727), friend and business partner of William Penn, provincial supreme court justice
• Caleb Saleeby (1878–1940), English physician, writer, and journalist
• Caleb Schaber (1973–2009), American artist and journalist
• Caleb Silver, American journalist
• Caleb Andrew Stewart (1888–1959), Scottish mathematician
• Caleb Whitefoord (1734–1810), Scottish merchant, diplomat, and political satirist
• Caleb Thomas Winchester (1847–1920), American English scholar
• Caleb Vitello, American government official

Biblical figures

• Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, an important figure in the Hebrew Bible/Christian Old Testament
• Caleb, son of Hezron, one of the three sons of Hezron, mentioned in the Book of Chronicles

Fictional characters

• Caleb (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), a villain in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer television series
• Caleb (computer game character), protagonist of the computer game Blood and its sequel, Blood II: The Chosen
• Caleb (W.I.T.C.H.), in the comic book and animated television series W.I.T.C.H.
• Caleb Dume, birth name of Jedi Kanan Jarrus in the Star Wars universe
• Caleb Morley, a vampire in the soap opera Port Charles
• Caleb Nichol, in The O.C. television series
• Caleb Rivers, in the TV series Pretty Little Liars
• Caleb Hammer, a Pinkerton agent in stories published by Marvel Comics.
• Caleb Blackthorne, an Elizabethan privateer in stories written by Byron Roberts.

See also

• Kaleb (name)