A baby elephant is called a calf. Elephants are named just like cows and whales: male-bullfemale-cowbaby-calf.11 people found this useful. Edit. Share to: The question and answer are locked and cannot be edited.erge this question into. Split and merge into it. Answer by Jane Savage. Confidence votes 15.7K. A baby elephant is called a calf. A baby elephant is called a calf. They are the same as a cow.