Surname

Calviño

“bald”

Calviño is a surname. It is used in Galician.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Calviño goes back to a word meaning “bald.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

Built from Galician calvo (“bald”) + iño.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Calviño’s family of names

In Galician usage, Calviño as a surname shares a linguistic root with the English form Calvin. In Galician usage, Calviño as a surname has a related form in Calvinho. In Galician usage, Calviño as a surname shares a linguistic root with the French form CHAUVIN.

Walk Calviño’s family in the name graph

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Around the world

Calviño has relatives in 3 languages.

3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

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Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Across languages 2

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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