Kalle
Kalle is a male given name and a family name .
Origin and meaning
Kalle is a form of Karl . As a first name, it is particularly common in Scandinavia and Northern Germany.
Name bearer
First name
- Kalle Anttila (1887–1975), Finnish wrestler and Olympic champion
- Kalle Arantola (1913-1940), Finnish skier
- Kalle Bergholm (1922–1985), Swedish cameraman
- Kalle Berglund (* 1996), Swedish athlete
- Kalle Dalin (* 1975), Swedish orienteer
- Kalle Granath (* 1975), Swedish football player and coach
- Kalle Jalkanen (1907–1941), Finnish cross-country skier
- Kalle Järvilehto (* 1995), Finnish snowboarder
- Kalle Kalima (* 1973), Finnish jazz guitarist
- Kalle Kaljurand (* 1960), Estonian badminton player
- Kalle Käsper (* 1952), Estonian writer
- Kalle Laar (* 1955), German musician and performance artist
- Kalle Lasn (* 1942), Estonian company founder
- Kalle Løchen (1865–1893), Norwegian painter and actor
- Kalle Palander (* 1977), Finnish ski racer
- Kalle Pohl (* 1951), German musician and comedian
- Kalle Svensson (1925-2000), Swedish football goalkeeper
- Kalle Rummenigge (* 1955), former German soccer player
- Kalle Tuppurainen (1904–1954), Finnish skier
Fictional characters
- Kalle Blomquist , a children's book fictional character by Astrid Lindgren
- Kalle Anka, the Swedish name of Donald Duck
- the main character of the children's book Kleiner König Kalle Wirsch
- a dog from the television series There comes Kalle
- Kalle Grabowski, a character from the movie Bang Boom Bang
family name
- Arnold Kalle (1873–1952), German officer, diplomat and politician (DVP)
- Christof von Kalle (* 1962), German oncologist and university professor
- Fritz Kalle (1837–1915), German industrialist
- Matthias Kalle (* 1975), German journalist and author
- Norman Kalle (* 1973), German actor
- Ton Kalle (* 1955), Dutch sculptor
- Wilhelm Kalle (1838–1919), German chemist
- Wilhelm Ferdinand Kalle (1870–1954), German chemist and politician
Companies
- Kalle GmbH, see Chemical Factory Kalle
See also
- Calle (first name) , Swedish male first name
- Pépé Kallé (1951–1998), Congolese musician and singer
- Kalle Ruch , nickname of Karl-Heinz Ruch (* 1954), German publishing manager
- Kallé
- Kale
- Call