Kalle

From Swedish and Finnish Kalle. Also used as a diminutive of Kalev.

Kalle

1. a male given name from Swedish

Originally a pet form of Kaarle, Kaarlo; compare Swedish Kalle.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑlːe/, [ˈkɑ̝lːe̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑlːe
• Syllabification^(key): Kal‧le

Kalle

1. a male given name
   • 1971, Kalle Päätalo, Huonemiehen poika, Gummerus, published 1981, →ISBN, pages 281–282:

     Jo yksistään Jokijärven ympärystän taloissa ja torpissa oli Kalle-nimisiä miehiä ja poikia täysi tusina, vaikka miespuolisia asukkaita kertyi kaikkiaankin vain sadan paikkeille. Meitä eivät jokijärveläiset, niin nimien muuntamisen mestareita kuin olivatkin, puhutelleet kuin kolmessa muodossa: Kalle, Kassu ja Kalakku.

     Just the houses and crofts around Jokijärvi had a dozen of men and boys named Kalle, even though there were just around a hundred of male residents in total. The people from Jokijärvi, despite their mastery in making up variants of names, only used three: Kalle, Kassu and Kalakku.

2. A male nickname, a diminutive form of Kalevi, Kaarlo or Kalervo.
3. The letter K in the Finnish spelling alphabet.
4. (rare) a Finnish surname

• Kalle is the 63^rd most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 11,189 male individuals (and as a middle name to 6,629 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkalə/
• Rhymes: -alə

From Yiddish כּלה (kale, “bride”), from Hebrew כַּלָּה (kalá, “bride”).

Kalle f (genitive Kalle, plural Kallen)

1. (dated slang) bride
2. (dated slang) lover
3. (dated slang) prostitute

As a nickname probably a native variant of Karl. As an actual given name, however, reinforced by Swedish Kalle through Kalle Blomquist (Swedish Kalle Blomkvist, English Bill Bergson).

Kalle m (proper noun, strong, genitive Kalles)

1. A male given name, predominantly a nickname for someone named Karl.

• “Kalle” in Duden online

Nominalised form of kalle.

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.lə/
• Homophone: kalle
• Hyphenation: Kal‧le
• Rhymes: -alə

Kalle m

1. (Eupen) conversation, chat

   Synonyms: Aïs, Disskorsch, Geschpriëk, Mulle

Kalle m

1. Diminutive of Karl

• Swedish: Karli, Karle, Carli, Carlie, Karly, Kalle, Calle

• Calle

• IPA^(key): /²kalɛ/

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Kalle c (genitive Kalles)

1. a diminutive of the male given name Karl
2. a male given name based on the diminutive above

Kalle

1. The letter "K" in the Swedish spelling alphabet