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Cale

What does Cale mean?

Cale Pronunciation of Cale as a boys' name is pronounced kayl. It is of English origin. Modern fashionable-sounding name of uncertain origin. Possibly a surname, or a variant of Caleb. In Irish Gaelic it means "thin, slender". Race driver Cale Yarborough.

STARTS WITH Cal-

ASSOCIATED WITH modern, surname, slender (little)

Variations

VARIANTS Cael, Caile, Cayle, Kail, Kaile, Kale, Kayle

ALTERNATIVE FORMS VIA CALEB Cal, Cayleb, Kaleb, Kayleb

CREATIVE FORMS
(male)

(female)


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Cale Nikita (C.N.), ..

How popular is Cale?

Cale is an unusual given name for males but a very prominent last name for both adults and children (#9387 out of 150436, Top 6%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)

Cale was first listed in 1970-1979 and reached its top position of #624 in the U.S. in 2008, but is not listed at the moment. (2018 BIRTH STATISTICS)

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Cale name in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Cale outside U.S.

Which version is better?

Caleb (#45 LAST YEAR), Kaleb (#207), Cal (#1225), Cael (#1978), Cayleb, Kale and Kayleb are the popular related forms of Cale rated in the Top 2000. These relations of Cale were popular as baby names a decade ago (ADOPTION OF 0.8%) and are somewhat less popular today (ADOPTION 0.5%, 39% LESS), with versions such as Cael going out of style.



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Cale, Cael, Cal, Caleb, Cayleb in U.S.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Kale, Kaleb, Kayleb in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Caleb, Kaleb outside U.S.

Similar Names

Cale is alike in pronunciation to Cal, Col, Cole, Coll, Colle, Cowal, Coyle, Kael, Kell, Kelle, Kile and Kyle. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Bale, Beale, Cabe, Cable, Cace, Cade, Cadel, Caden, Caide, Cailey, Caily, Cain, Caine, Caio, Caje, Calder, Caley, Cam, Cap, Capp, Card, Carew, Carley, Carly, Carr, Cary, Case, Cato, Caz, Chace, Chane, Chase, Che, Clare, Clem, Cleo, Colet, Coley, Cree, Daile, Dale, Dalle, Dayle, Eagle, Earle, Gable, Gaile, Gale, Gayle, Hale, Halle, Hayle, Karle, Lale, Lyle, Nagle, Nile, Pavle, Peale, Sable, Vale, Yale and Zale. These names tend to be more commonly used than Cale.


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