Surname · also Dutch

Kalk

Kalk is a surname from Dutch, ultimately from German.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Kalk comes from Dutch, and ultimately from German.

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How it developed

From German Kalk.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Kalk’s family of names

In German usage, Kalk has a later derivative in CALK.

Walk Kalk’s family in the name graph

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The ring: across languages.

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

Similar names

If you love Kalk, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

German

Các

“a free man”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

German

Katz

“righteous priest”

No U.S. birth series

25% boys · 75% girls

German

Kast

“hoe, mattock”

No U.S. birth series

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German

Kampe

“field”

No U.S. birth series

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German

Caler

Caler is a surname from German.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

German

Kagel

Kagel is a surname from German.

No U.S. birth series

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German

Kelch

Kelch is a surname from German.

No U.S. birth series

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German

Cander

Cander is a masculine given name from German.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

Names that share Kalk’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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