Name: Calvin

Gender: Male

Usage: Calvin, of latin origin, is a very popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.

People having the name Calvin are in general originating from France, United Kingdom, United States of America.

Variants: For another variant of the name Calvin across the world, see Cal.

Meaning: The meaning of the name Calvin is: Bald.

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Numerology of the first name Calvin: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.

The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 7. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: spiritual, intelligent, analytical, reserved, knowledgeable, mysterious, intuitive.

Interpretation:
Qualities: Philosophical, Spiritual
Ruling planet: Neptune
Colors: Green
Gemstones: Moonstone

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The name Calvin is ranked on the 709th position of the most used names. It means that this name is very frequently used.

We estimate that there are at least 808800 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.012% of the population. The name Calvin has six characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.

The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Calvin for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:

The name day of Calvin is 4 July.

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Calvin is a given name. It has been especially popular among American Protestants, who may be baptized as John Calvin to honor the religious leader, but are later known as "Calvin", "Cal", or "JC".

Notable people with this name include:

  • John Calvin Coolidge, 30th President of the United States.
  • Calvin Abrams, Major League Baseball outfielder.
  • Calvin Andrew (born 1986), English footballer.
  • Calvin Borel, thoroughbred horse jockey.
  • Calvin Broadus, rapper, better known as Snoop Dogg.
  • Calvin Chen, a member of the Taiwanese boyband Fahrenheit.
  • Calvin Cheng, fashion mogul.
  • Calvin Gotlieb (born 1921), Canadian professor.
  • Calvin Harris, Scottish electro singer.
  • Calvin Hill, former NFL player.
  • Calvin Johnson (musician), frontman of Beat Happening and owner of indie label K Records.
  • Calvin Johnson (American football), National Football League player.
  • Calvin Klein (fashion designer).
  • Calvin Murphy, former National Basketball Association player.
  • Calvin Ripken, Jr., former Major League Baseball player.
  • Calvin Ripken, Sr., former Major League Baseball player.

Fictional characters:

  • Calvin (Calvin and Hobbes), a main character of the retired comic strip Calvin and Hobbes.
  • Calvin Cambridge, main character in the 2002 film Like Mike
  • Calvin Valentine, on the soap opera Hollyoaks.

English (esp. U.S.): from the French surname, used as a given name among Nonconformists in honour of the French Protestant theologian Jean Calvin (1509–64). It has enjoyed a recent vogue as a given name. The surname meant originally ‘little bald one’, from a diminutive of calve, a Norman and Picard form of French chauve bald. (The theologian was born in Noyon, Picardy.
Short form: Cal.

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