Etymology

Kaleb

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Today it means: A male given name from Hebrew, a less common modern spelling variant of Caleb. Full definition →

Hebrew כלב
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  1. Hebrew · derived fromכלב“dog”
  2. English todayKaleb

From Hebrew כלב (“dog”), possibly referring to a dog’s unconditional devotion to its master.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.