Globally, Калем (Kalem 
, Калем 
) is quite a rare largely male, but uncommonly girly first name. The first name Калем is habitual in Albania, where it is quite a rare boy's name, Saudi Arabia, where it is a rare dominantly male, but seldom feminine name, and Greece, where it is a rare male name. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in India, Pakistan, and Indonesia. More prevalently, Калем is the last name as well as the forename.