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Chunky (M)> Adamus (M)> Donnchadh (M)> Tessa (F)> Marcos (M)> Lovisa (F)> Donagh (M)> Davidus (M)> Aonghasan (M)> Hevel (M)> Lorin (M)> Aniela (F)> Theresa (F)> Oengus (M)> Boriska (F)> Dobrilla (F)> 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.