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Calder (male)

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Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
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Notes:

1. Scottish: from a habitation surname from a number of places [with spelling variations].  The one near Thurso is from Old Norse for "calf + valley".  The others are mostly from river names with unclear meaning; possibilities are "cold" [Old Norse] or "hazel water [Gaelic].

2. English: Cumbrian river/habitation surname from Old Welsh meaning "harsh/violent + water/stream".

 
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