Calvin
From Latin, meaning "bald", and almost unknown in Poland: barely 80 men carry it. A small cluster of boys got the name in the early 2010s, and no newborn has since.
Calvin Pronunciation
What Calvin means
Where Calvin comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Calvin comes from Latin. The root is `calvus`, which means bald, and the short meaning follows that root without detour: bald, or łysy in Polish. The word reached English as a surname first, and only later did it settle onto children as a given name.
Its best documented bearer gave the name most of its English standing. Jean Cauvin, the French reformer born in 1509, latinised his family name to Calvinus, and English speakers clipped it to Calvin. His theology spread through Scotland and later across North America. Families who admired the reformer took up Calvin for their sons, and the surname crossed over into a first name that way.
There are no diminutives here, no cross-gender pair, nothing that folds it into the Polish calendar. In a school register at the urząd the entry sits alone, with no imieniny to mark. The name stays close to where it started. Calvin means bald.
How many people are named Calvin
1 in 257183 men in Poland is named Calvin. 83 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #3880 among male names.
Calvin's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been stable for a decade.
Calvin as a middle name
Calvin is a first name for 83 men in Poland and a middle name for another 33, a 72/28 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 1435th, between Benito (33) and Darosław (33).
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#1433 Bartlomiej33
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#1434 Benito33
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#1435 Calvin33
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#1436 Darosław33
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#1437 Dũng33