Cal Family History

Cal Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Osvaldo, Benito, Enrique, Genaro, Jose, Luis, Mario, Ruben, Santiago.

Galician: habitational name from any of numerous places called Cal in Galicia (Spain), named with a word meaning ‘limestone’ (from Latin calx).

Spanish: variant of Calle .

Portuguese: shortened form of Canal .

Amerindian (Guatemala): Mayan name of unexplained etymology. Compare Caal .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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