Calvert

English

Etymology

From Middle English calfhirde, equivalent to modern calf + herd.

Proper noun

Calvert (countable and uncountable, plural Calverts)

1. A surname.
2. A hamlet in Charndon parish and Steeple Claydon parish, Aylesbury Vale district, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP6824).
   • 2024 February 7, Paul Bigland, “Rail routes reinstated... at the double”, in RAIL, number 1002, page 48:

     Calvert, a sleepy village in rural Buckinghamshire, is where the former 'Varsity line' from Oxford to Cambridge crossed the old Great Central London extension.

3. A community of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
4. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Mobile County and Washington County, Alabama, United States.
5. An unincorporated community in Norton County, Kansas, United States.
6. An unincorporated community in Cecil County, Maryland, United States.
7. A city in Robertson County, Texas, United States.

Derived terms

• Calvert County
• Calvert Green

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Calvert is the 2043^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 17619 individuals. Calvert is most common among White (87.94%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Calvert”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 273.

Anagrams

• VACTERL