Calvert
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English
Etymology
From Middle English calfhirde, equivalent to modern calf + herd.
Proper noun
Calvert (countable and uncountable, plural Calverts)
- A surname.
- A hamlet in Charndon parish and Steeple Claydon parish, Aylesbury Vale district, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP6824).
- 2024 February 7, Paul Bigland, “Rail routes reinstated... at the double”, in RAIL, number 1002, page 48:
- Calvert, a sleepy village in rural Buckinghamshire, is where the former 'Varsity line' from Oxford to Cambridge crossed the old Great Central London extension.
- A community of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
- An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Mobile County and Washington County, Alabama, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Norton County, Kansas, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Cecil County, Maryland, United States.
- A city in Robertson County, Texas, United States.
Derived terms
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Calvert is the 2043rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 17619 individuals. Calvert is most common among White (87.94%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Calvert”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 273.