as a Last Name
- 4,673
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Calder
Meaning & Origins
Scottish: habitational name from any of the various places called Calder, Caldor, or Cawdor. Calder in Thurso is recorded in the early 13th century in the form Kalfadal and was named with Old Norse kalfr ‘calf’ + dalr ‘valley’. The others are probably the same as in 2 below.
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- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 4,673
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Utah
- has the most people named Calder per capita
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