Meaning & origin
What it means
McCalvey goes back to Irish Mac an Chalbhaigh, meaning “son of the bald (man).”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Irish Mac an Chalbhaigh (“son of the bald (man)”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
McCalvey’s family of names
In English usage, McCalvey as a surname has a short form in CALVEY. In English usage, McCalvey as a surname has a related form in CALVEY.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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