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Calvin (M)>

Calvin (male)

Diminutive for:Cal (M)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
"Scottish Forenames" - Donald Whyte, FGH, FSG
Notes:

English, especially US, from Latin "bald" or Old French "little bald one".

Calvin is from a Roman [Whyte] or Norman [ONC] family surname. It came to be used as a forename in Scotland from the 16th century, and later in the US, in honour of John Calvin [1509-1564], the French Protestant theologian. It is uncommon in Britain.