Calves

surname · Latin script

Meaning: plural of calf

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/kalv/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Calves is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Brazil than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • FRFrance≈1 in 199K(inferred from the name graph)
  • BRBrazil1 in 289K
  • PHPhilippines≈1 in 372K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Brazil (measured from records)

733 people

Sources
120 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 199K (inferred from the name graph)

France, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

plural of calf

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Calves counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Calves is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
BR Brazil7331 in 289K733——
FR France≈340 est.≈1 in 199K49Calves120
PH Philippines≈290 est.≈1 in 372K—Calves10
US United States≈87 est.≈1 in 3.8MlistedCalves52
ES Spain541 in 926K54Calves2
CA Canada≈20 est.≈1 in 1.9M—Calves8

733 people counted by IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Calves is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Portuguese surname7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Brazil, Spain, Philippines, United States

    Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

    Also written Çalves, Calvés, Calvès, ̧calves

  • a separate name5 spellings in the group

    Also written Calvès, Çalves, Calvés, ̧calves

  • Arabic surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Spain

    Also written Calvès

  • Hindi name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Calvès

24 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Calves is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In enm, plural of calf (“calf (young cow)”)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Asturian, feminine plural of calvu

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

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.

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalMadame, Monsieur,Dear Calves, (English)
InformalMadame, Monsieur,Hello, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 5 sources across 4 countries.

Official registers attesting Calves
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—733#12,124
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)196175—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)198159—
ES SpainINE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)—54#42,094
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—54#42,040
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)195154—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)192154—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)199149—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)194148—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)193146—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)190137—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)197135—

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Calves mean, and where does it come from?
plural of calf Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Calves?
A machine transcription gives /kalv/ (IPA) for French.
What are other forms of the name Calves?
In the etymology graph, Calve is a form of the same name in other languages.
In which country does Calves have the most bearers?
In Brazil, the national register counted about 733 people named Calves, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name Calves?
In Brazil, the national register counted 733 people named Calves, about 1 in 289 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Calves”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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