Calvin (given name)
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".[1] 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).[2]
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| Pronunciation | /ˈkælvɪn/ KAL-vin |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | surname of John Calvin |
Notable people with this name include:
- Calvin Abrams (1924–1997), Major League Baseball outfielder
- Calvin Abueva (born 1988), Filipino professional basketball player
- Calvin Anderson (American football) (born 1996), American football player
- Calvin Andrew (born 1986), English footballer
- Calvin Borel (b. 1966), thoroughbred horse jockey
- Calvin Broadus, or his stage name Snoop Dogg (born 1971), American rapper
- Calvin Chen (born 1980), a member of the Taiwanese boyband Fahrenheit
- Calvin Cheng (born 1975), fashion mogul
- Calvin Galusha Coolidge (1815–1878), American politician
- John Calvin Coolidge (1872–1933), 30th President of the United States
- Calvin Gotlieb (1921–2016), Canadian professor
- Calvin Harris (born 1984), Scottish electro musician/singer
- Calvin Hill (born 1947), former NFL player
- Calvin Johnson (musician), frontman of Beat Happening and owner of indie label K Records
- Calvin Johnson (American football) (b. 1985), National Football League player
- Calvin Klein (fashion designer) (b. 1942)
- Calvin "C. J." Miles, Jr. (b. 1987), current National Basketball Association player
- Calvin Miller (born 1998), Scottish footballer
- Calvin Murphy (born 1948), former National Basketball Association player
- Calvin Peete (1943 – 2015), American professional golfer
- Calvin Pickard (born 1992), National Hockey League goaltender
- Calvin Ridley (born 1994), American football player
- Calvin Ripken, Jr. (b. 1960), former Major League Baseball player
- Calvin Ripken, Sr. (1935–1999), former Major League Baseball player
- Calvin Royal III (born 1988/89), American ballet dancer
- Calvin Schrage (born 1991), American politician
- Calvin Simon (1942–2022), American musician
- Calvin Smith (born 1961), former sprint track and field athlete from the United States
- Calvin Thomas (1854 – 1919), American scholar
- Calvin Trillin (born 1935), writer
- Calvin Throckmorton (born 1996), American football 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 Candie, character in the 2012 film Django Unchained
- 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
- Calvin Maxwell, one of the protagonists in Power Rangers Ninja Steel
- Calvin Fischoder, character from animated series, Bob's Burgers
References
- A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press (2007) s.v. "Calvin".
- behindthename.com
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