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Calvin
say it kal-vin
What Calvin means
- French and Latin from French Cauvin, Latin calvus, bald; after reformer John Calvin
How popular it is
Its use is steady over the last ten years.
- no. 145 in the US (2024)
- no. 158 in Scotland (2025)
- no. 163 in Denmark (2019)
- no. 231 in Ontario & Quebec (2020)
- no. 352 in Northern Ireland (2025)
- no. 381 in Australia (2024)
- no. 471 in France (2019)
- no. 579 in Portugal (2017)
In the United States it was most popular around 1920.
Other forms
Calvino
Names with a similar meaning
Cameron Bryson Cesar Bryce Cade Cassidy Kameron Callahan Camryn Kamryn Claudio Caelan
Calvin in stories
- Calvin and Hobbes: Calvin, the imaginative six-year-old