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Throughout the world, Cal (Cal , カル , كال ) is quite a common primarily masculine, but very infrequently girly forename. The forename Cal is habitual in Canada, where it is quite a rare masculine name, Ireland, and Australia, where it is quite a rare largely boy's, but uncommonly feminine name. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in the United States, Canada, and India. Likewise, Cal is the last name as well as the forename.
Cal is also a popular name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Superman , the superhero appearing in DC Comics publications and related media, Justice League; Clark Kent , the fictional character from Smallville; Cal Lightman , character in Lie to Me; Cal Bowman , the character on 'Sex Education'. and Superman , the version of the superhero Superman from an alternate reality called Earth-Two, Action Comics, and in many other works.