Calvin

A male given name: from a Latin word meaning “bald.”.

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Calvin is a masculine given name. It has been especially popular among American Protestants, who may be baptized as John Calvin to honor the religious leader, although in the judgement of the Oxford Dictionary of First Names, the modern given name "owes its popularity as much to the New York fashion designer Calvin Klein [b. 1942] as to the theologian". In the United States, the name had a short burst of popularity in the mid-to-late 1920s, due to president Calvin Coolidge (in office 1923–1929) and has remained of limited but more or less constant popularity since (fluctuating between ranks 130 and 231 during 1945–2016).
Notable people with this name include:
John Calvin Coolidge, 30th President of the United States
Calvin Abrams, Major League Baseball outfielder
Calvin Abueva (born 1988), Filipino professional basketball player
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 Galusha Coolidge, American politician
Calvin Gotlieb (born 1921), Canadian professor
Calvin Harris, Scottish electro musician/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 "C. J." Miles, Jr., current National Basketball Association player
Calvin Murphy, former National Basketball Association player
Calvin Ripken, Jr., former Major League Baseball player
Calvin Ripken, Sr., former Major League Baseball player
Calvin Trillin, writer
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, a character in the soap opera Hollyoaks
Calvin Zabo, Mister Hyde, supervillain in Marvel Comics
Calvin, the titular alien in the 2017 film Life

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John Calvin (1509-1564), Protestant leader, born Jean Caulvin, the surname related to French Chauvin (compare chauvinism), from Latin calvus "bald," from PIE *kle-wo- "bald."

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Derived from the French surname Cauvin, derived from chauve, means: bald, brave. Root in calvus (bald).

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Calvin Harris	1984	British DJ, singer, songwriter, and record producer
2	Calvin Coolidge	1872	American politician, 30th president of the United States (in office from 1923 to 1929)
3	John Calvin	1509	French Protestant reformer
4	Calvin Klein	1942	American fashion designer
5	Calvin Murphy	1948	American basketball player
6	Calvin Graham	1930	United States Marine
7	Calvin Hill	1947	American football player
8	Calvin Abueva	1988	Basketball player
9	Calvin Pryor	1992	American football player
10	Calvin Lockhart	1934	American actor
11	Calvin Chen	1980	Taiwanese actor-singer
12	Calvin Trillin	1935	American journalist
13	Calvin Borel	1966	American jockey
14	Calvin Ridley	1994
15	Melvin Calvin	1911	American chemist
16	Calvin Johnson	1962	American musician
17	Susan Calvin	1982	Fictional human
18	Calvin Peete	1943	Professional golfer
19	Henry Calvin	1918	American actor
20	Calvin Pickard	1992	Canadian ice hockey goaltender
21	Calvin Mackie	1967	American engineer
22	Calvin Smith	1961	Runner
23	Calvin Valentine
24	Calvin Goldspink	1989	British actor and singer
25	Calvin Levels	1954	American actor
26	Calvin Ayre	1961	Canadian businessman
27	Calvin Richardson	1976	American singer
28	Calvin Pace	1980	American football linebacker for the New York Jets
29	Calvin Cheng	1975	Singaporean politician
30	Calvin O. Butts	1949	American pastor
31	Cher Calvin		American journalist
32	Calvin Andrew	1986	English footballer
33	Calvin Booth	1976	American basketball player
34	Calvin Zola	1984	Footballer
35	Calvin O'Keefe
36	Calvin Brock	1975	American boxer
37	Calvin Schiraldi	1962	American baseball player
38	Calvin Griffith	1911	American baseball executive
39	Calvin de Haan	1991	Canadian ice hockey defenceman
40	Calvin Hollywood	1976	German photographer
41	Calvin Jung	1945	American actor
42	Calvin Ellis Stowe	1802	United States Biblical scholar
43	Calvin Jong-a-Pin	1986	Dutch footballer
44	Calvin Natt	1957	American basketball player
45	Calvin Pearl Titus	1879	United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
46	Calvin S. Brice	1845	Senator of Ohio
47	Calvin Quate	1923	American electrical engineer
48	Calvin Dean	1985	British actor
49	Calvin Simon	1942	American musician
50	Calvin Harrison	1974	American athlete
51	Calvin Verdonk	1997	Dutch footballer
52	Calvin S. Hall	1909	American psychologist
53	Calvin Tuteao		New Zealand actor
54	Calvin L. Rampton	1913	American politician
55	Calvin Fairbank	1816	American activist
56	Mack Calvin	1947	American basketball player and coach
57	Calvin Tomkins	1925	American writer
58	Calvin J. Spann	1924	American military veteran
59	Calvin Mac-Intosch	1989	Dutch footballer
60	Calvin Galusha Coolidge	1815	American politician
61	Calvin Williams	1967	American football wide receiver
62	Calvin Smith Jr.	1987	American sprinter
63	Calvin McCarty	1984	Player of American and Canadian football
64	Calvin Souther Fuller	1902	American chemist
65	Calvin Mooers	1919	American computer scientist
66	Idelette Calvin	1509	Wife of John Calvin
67	Calvin Hampton	1938	American musician
68	Calvin C. Chaffee	1811	American politician
69	Calvin Pickering	1976	American baseball player
70	Calvin Hemery	1995	Tennis player
71	Calvin Davies	1997	British association football player
72	Calvin Hughes		American journalist
73	Calvin Newborn	1933	American guitarist
74	Calvin Magee	1963	American football player and coach
75	Calvin Duncan	1961	American basketball player
76	Calvin Carter	1925	American musician
77	Calvin Waller	1937	United States Army general
78	Calvin Maduro	1974	Dutch baseball player
79	Calvin Ira Kephart	1883	American genealogist
80	Calvin Newton	1929	American musician
81	William H. Calvin	1939	American academic
82	Calvin Li	1976	Chinese actor
83	Calvin Paige	1848	American politician
84	Kathy Calvin	1949	American philanthropist
85	Calvin Sweeney	1955	American football player
86	Calvin Keys	1943	American musician
87	Mike Calvin	1957	British journalist and writer
88	Calvin Fish	1961	British racing driver
89	Calvin Gotlieb	1921	Canadian computer scientist
90	Calvin Grove	1962	American boxer
91	Calvin Muhammad	1958	American football player
92	Calvin Ruck	1925	Canadian politician
93	Calvin Davis	1972	Athletics competitor, 400 meters, 400 hurdles
94	Calvin Kang Li Loong	1990	Singaporean athletics competitor
95	Calvin Lowry	1983	Player of American football
96	Calvin Miller	1998
97	Calvin E. Simmons	1950	American conductor
98	Jorrick Calvin	1987	American football cornerback
99	Calvin "Fuzz" Jones	1926	American blues bassist and singer
100	Calvin Murray	1958	Player of American football
101	Calvin Marlin	1976	South African footballer
102	Calvin Mbarga	1987	Footballer
103	Calvin Veltman	1941	American sociolinguist
104	Calvin B. Hoover	1897	American economist
105	Calvin Palmer	1940	English footballer
106	Calvin Baker		American writer
107	Calvin Rutstrum	1895	American writer
108	Calvin Vollrath	1960	Canadian Metis fiddler
109	Misha Calvin	1964	Serbian rock guitarist
110	Calvin Hoffman	1914	American historian
111	Calvin Tiggle	1968	Player of American and Canadian football
112	Calvin Frazier	1915	American Detroit blues and country blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
113	Calvin Boze	1916	American trumpeter and bandleader
114	Calvin Fowler	1940	Basketball player
115	Calvin Fletcher	1798	American judge
116	Calvin Smyre	1947	American politician
117	Calvin C.J. Sia	1927	Pediatrician
118	Calvin Plummer	1963	English footballer
119	Calvin Willey	1776	American politician
120	Calvin Collins	1974	American football player
121	Calvin Armstrong	1982	American football player
122	Calvin Plimpton	1918	United States Army officer and academic
123	Calvin Nicholas	1964	American football player
124	Calvin Garrett	1956	American basketball player
125	Calvin Seerveld	1930	American theologian
126	Calvin Say	1952	American politician
127	Calvin Case	1847	American orthodontist
128	Calvin Perry Stone	1892	American psychologist
129	Calvin Tolmbaye	1986	Football player
130	Calvin Stiller	1941	Canadian physician
131	Calvin Frye	1845
132	Calvin Cowgill	1819	American politician
133	Calvin Tang		American businessman
134	Calvin Leavy	1940	African American soul blues singer and guitarist
135	Calvin Kadi	1987	South African professional footballer
136	Calvin Wilson Mateer	1836	Missionary and educator in Shandong, China
137	Calvin C. Moore	1936	American mathematician
138	Calvin T. Durgin	1893	U.S. Navy Vice Admiral
139	Calvin Schexnayder	1969	American football player
140	Calvin C. Hernton	1932	American writer and sociologist
141	Calvin Britain	1800	American politician
142	Calvin L. Brown	1854	American judge
143	Calvin Branch	1974	American football player
144	Calvin L. Stevens	1923	American chemist
145	Calvin King	1953	American farm developer
146	Calvin Jackson	1972	Player of American football
147	Duda Calvin	1971	Brazilian musician
148	Calvin Colquhoun	1996	British association football player
149	Wyn Calvin	1926	British comedian
150	Calvin M. Woodward	1837	United States manual training educator
151	Marcus Calvin	1965	German actor
152	Calvin Watson	1993	Australian cyclist
153	Calvin Hicks	1933	American journalist
154	Calvin T. Hulburd	1809	American politician
155	Calvin Fixx	1906
156	Calvin B. Jones	1934	African-American artist
157	Calvin John Ward	1899	United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
158	Calvin Sutker	1923	American lawyer and politician
159	Calvin "Joonie" Gary	1981	American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist
160	Calvin Leroy Van Pelt	1924	American soldier
161	Calvin O'Neal	1954	American football player
162	Donnie Calvin		American musician
163	Calvin A. Johnson Jr.	1985
164	Calvin Thompson
165	Calvin C. Straub	1920	American architect
166	Calvin Helin		Canadian businessman
167	Calvin Rezende	1993
168	Calvin Petersen	1961	Footballer
169	Calvin Roberts	1927	American football player
170	Calvin Warburton	1910	American politician
171	Delino Dexter Calvin	1798	Canadian politician
172	Calvin Beale	1923	American demographer
173	Calvin Jones	1963	American baseball player
174	Calvin Bridges	1952
175	Calvin B. Taylor	1857	American private banker, lawyer, politician and teacher
176	Calvin Normore	1948	Canadian philosopher
177	Calvin Willard Gilfillan	1832	American politician
178	Calvin Harrell	1949	Player of American and Canadian football
179	Calvin Maglinger	1924	American artist
180	Calvin Bricker	1884	Athletics competitor
181	Calvin Goddard	1768	American congressman for Connecticut
182	Tom Calvin	1926	American football player
183	Calvin Albert	1918	Artist
184	Calvin Blignault	1979	Mechanical engineer and welder
185	Calvin Coffey	1951	Olympic medalist in rowing
186	Calvin Lewis	1965	United States Virgin Islands cricketer
187	Calvin Blocker	1955	American chess player
188	Calvin Pardee	1841	Pennsylvanian coal mine owner and businessman
189	Calvin Bannister	1984	Player of American and Canadian football
190	Calvin Thomas	1885	American actor
191	Calvin Burke	1950	American actor
192	Calvin D. Johnson	1898	American politician
193	Calvin Blythe	1790	American lawyer
194	Clémence Calvin	1990	French distance runner
195	Calvin Pease	1776	Ohio Jurist and legislator
196	Calvin Savage	1993	South African cricketer
197	Calvin Gibbs	2000
198	Calvin Russell	1983	American football player
199	Calvin A. Grant	1970	American ophthalmologist
200	Calvin Elfring	1976	Canadian ice hockey defenceman