Calverley
surname · Latin script
Meaning: ‘person from Calverley’, Yorkshire, from a place name meaning ‘glade where calves are pastured’
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈkæɫvɝɫi/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Calverley is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
- GBUnited Kingdom
- USUnited States
- AUAustralia
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
‘person from Calverley’, Yorkshire, from a place name meaning ‘glade where calves are pastured’.
Sources 1
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
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Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Calverley is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, from Calverley, West Riding of Yorkshire, or Calverleigh, Devon; first attested Godric de Calodeleia 1084 OEByn (Devon)
as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames
In English, Yorks., so called from OF c(e)alfra, gen. pi. of c(e)alf Calf + leak wood, clearing; or from Calverleigh in Devon, so called from OF calu(w) bare, bald (see Callow i) + wudu wood + leak. Var.: Calles.
as a nameThe Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles
In English, Yorks., so called from OE c(e)alfra, gen. pi. of c(e)alf Calf + leah wood, clearing; or from Calverleigh in
as a nameA dictionary of surnames
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- William Calverleyb. 1557Peerage person ID=711813
- Walter Calverleyb. 1579GBEnglish squire and murderer
- Edmund Calverleyb. 1826GBEnglish cricketer
- Charles Calverleyb. 1833USAmerican sculptor (1833-1914)
- William Slater Calverleyb. 1847rural English vicar and amateur antiquarian (1847–1898)
- Edmond Leveson Calverleyb. 1864GBPeerage person ID=677700
- Edwin Elliott Calverleyb. 1882Islamicist, theologian, missionary, university teacher (1882-1971)
- Amice Calverleyb. 1896GBCanadian egyptologist (1896-1959)
- Bruce Calverleyb. 1918AUAustralian rules footballer
- Ernie Calverleyb. 1924USAmerican basketball player and coach (1924–2003)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 13 sources across 5 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 604 | #36,970 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 589 | #40,169 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 570 | #36,917 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 13 | #105,312 |
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts) | — | 7 | #50,847 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 1 | #85,044 |
| GB United Kingdom | A Dictionary of Surnames (Hanks & Hodges, 1988) | — | — | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 5
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Calverley mean, and where does it come from?
- ‘person from Calverley’, Yorkshire, from a place name meaning ‘glade where calves are pastured’. Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
- How do you pronounce Calverley?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈkæɫvɝɫi/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Calverley have the most bearers?
- Calverley is most frequently recorded in the United States.
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About this data
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Calverley”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.