Given name & surname
Calvert
“one who herds cows; a cowboy”
Calvert is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “one who herds cows; a cowboy.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “one who herds cows; a cowboy.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1902. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Calvert through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,701
- 1,701 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1924
- 31 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #10,897 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −21%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 10,897 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 21.1% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 31 in 1924. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 959 as a first name in 2020; 16,821 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Calvert’s family of names
Calvert has a related form in Calbert. Calvert has a related form in Calbirt. Calvert has a related form in Calburt.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Calvert
- Calvert VauxAnglo-American architect (1824-1895)
- Calvert WatkinsAmerican linguist and philologist (1933-2013)
- Calvert DeForestAmerican comedian1921–2007
- Calvert JonesBritish artist (1804-1877)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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