First name origins & meanings:
- Greek: Lark; Calinda and Calynda are contemporary variants or blends with Linda
- Hebrew: Faithful; dog; bold
First name variations: Calandre, Calandia, Calandria, Calendre, Calinda, Callee, Calley, Cally, Calynda, Kalandra, Cayla, Ceil, Celia, Chloe, Cielo, Cleo, Calandra, Cale, Cleve, Cliff, Colby, Caleb Last name origins & meanings:
- Spanish: topographic name for someone who lived by an area of
limestone, from cal ‘lime(stone)’ (from Late Latin cals,
Latin calx).
- Spanish: variant of Calle.
- Portuguese: reduced variant of Canal.
- Polish
(Ca{l-}): nickname from an Old Polish variant of ca{l-}y
‘whole’, ‘entire’.
Famous people who gave their babies this name:
Laura Innes,
Julianne Moore,
Bill Murray
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