Caleb (given name)

Caleb is a Hebrew masculine given name. The Hebrew meaning offered for Caleb is "faithful, devotion, whole hearted, bold, brave". This is on the basis of its being actually a compound word, a phenomenon quite common in ancient Hebrew. Col (כל, Kaf + Lamed) = "all" or "whole"; Lev (לב, Lamed + Bet) means "heart". Therefore, Caleb (or Calev as pronounced in Hebrew) would actually mean "whole hearted". This might be due to the Biblical Caleb, a companion of Moses and Joshua, being noted for his astute powers of observation and fearlessness in the face of overwhelming odds.

Another plausible origin is a transposition of a name found in other ancient Semitic languages such as Phoenician and Ugaritic, meaning "servant of the Lord".[1]

The early Medieval King Kaleb of Axum was the most well-known monarch of this kingdom (in modern Ethiopia and Eritrea). The name Caleb was popular among the English Puritans and was introduced by them to America.

Given name

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

Actors

Caleb McLaughlin (born 2001), American actor
Caleb Landry Jones (born 1989), American actor
Caleb Ross (born 1981), New Zealander film and television actor
Caleb Foote (born 1993), American actor
Caleb Spivak, American actor

Athletes

Caleb Ewan (born 1994), Australian cyclist
Caleb Wilson (born 1996), American football player
Caleb Ekuban (born 1994), Italian footballer
Caleb Richards (born 1998), English footballer
Caleb Folan (born 1982), English footballer
Caleb Ekwegwo (born 1988), Nigerian footballer
Caleb Timu (born 1994), New Zealand-born Australian rugby footballer
Caleb Ralph (born 1977), New Zealand rugby union footballer
Caleb Stanko (born 1993), American soccer player
Caleb Thielbar (born 1987), American professional baseball player
Caleb Crone (1920-1958), Irish Gaelic footballer
Caleb Binge (born 1993), Australian professional rugby league footballer
Caleb Shepherd (born 1993), New Zealander rowing cox
Caleb Hanie (born 1985), American football player
Caleb Martin (1924–1994), American football player
Caleb Ralph (born 1977), New Zealand rugby union footballer
Caleb Binge (born 1993), Australian rugby league player
Caleb Brantley (born 1994), American football player
Caleb Daniel (born 1996), Australian rules footballer
Caleb Patterson-Sewell (born 1987), American professional footballer
Caleb Zady (born 1999), Ivorian professional footballer
Caleb Clarke (born 1993), Canadian former soccer player
Caleb Marchbank (born 1996), Australian rules footballer
Caleb Graham (born 2000), Australian rules footballer
Caleb Aekins (born 1997), New Zealander rugby league footballer
Caleb Swanigan (born 1997), American professional basketball player for the Portland Trailblazers

Politicians

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

Other

Caleb Jeacocke (1706–1786), English baker and businessman
Caleb Angas (1782-1860), English agriculturist
Caleb V. Haynes (1895-1966),?United States Air Force (USAF) major general
Caleb Crain, American writer
Caleb Garling, American writer
Caleb Silver, American journalist
Caleb Schaber (1973-2009), American artist and journalist
Caleb Carr (born 1955), American military historian and author
Caleb Williams Saleeby (1878-1940), English physician, writer, and journalist
Caleb Carr (born 1955), American author
Caleb Hillier Parry (1755-1822), Anglo-Welsh physician
Caleb Cheeshahteaumuck (died 1665 or 1666), first Native American graduate of Harvard University
Caleb Deschanel (born 1944), Franco-American cinematographer
Caleb Finch, professor studying aging in human beings
Caleb Followill (born 1982), lead singer and rhythm guitarist of the rock band Kings of Leon
Caleb Lewis (born 1978), Australian playwright
Caleb Pusey, (c. 1650–1727), friend and business partner of William Penn, provincial supreme court justice
Calev Myers (21st century), American-Israeli lawyer
Caleb Bradham (1867–1934), inventor of Pepsi-Cola

Fictional characters

Caleb Garth, a character in the George Eliot novel Middlemarch
Caleb Trask, a major character in the John Steinbeck novel East of Eden
Caleb Lambert, the son of Gary and Caroline Lambert in Jonathan Franzen's novel The Corrections
Caleb Bradley, a corporate swindler in Ayn Rand's novel The Fountainhead
Caleb Temple, main character in the 1995 television series American Gothic
Caleb (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), a villain in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer television series
Caleb Nichol, in The O.C. 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 Morley, vampire in the soap opera Port Charles
Caleb Lansing-Gant, part-human part-machine protagonist of the UK game show Mission: 2110
Caleb Rivers, character from the TV series Pretty Little Liars
Caleb Widogast, one of the main characters from the American Dungeons & Dragons web series Critical Role
Caleb Williams, the main character in the William Godwin novel Things as They Are; or, The Adventures of Caleb Williams
Caleb Prior, the brother of protagonist Tris Prior in the Divergent series and film of the same name
Caleb Smith, a computer programmer tasked with evaluating an artificial being, in the film Ex Machina
Caleb Dingle, character from the TV series Emmerdale
Caleb Dume, real name of Jedi Kanan Jarrus in Star Wars Rebels
Caleb, character from the Netflix show Big Mouth
Caleb, recurrent character from the Syfy show Helix in Season 2
Caleb, character from the HBO show Westworld in Season 3
Caleb John Gosche, a cannibal who appears in Seasons 5 and 6 of Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Caleb Malphas, a demon from Sherrilyn Kenyon's teen fiction series, The Chronicles Of Nick.

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