What is the origin of the name Calvin?
1: English (Lancashire and Cumberland; of Norman origin): nickname from Anglo-Norman French cauf ‘bald’ + the diminutive suffix -in.2: In some cases also French: variant of Cauvin a cognate of 1 above. [...]
The General biographical dictionary: containing an historical and critical account of the lives and writings of the most eminent persons in every nation, particularly...
...as seeking himself and not Christ. Calvin therefore was obliged to comply with the choice which the consistory and magistrates... (Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland - 1555)
...as seeking himself and not Christ. Calvin therefore was obliged to comply with the choice which the consistory and magistrates... (Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland - 1555)
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The General biographical dictionary: containing an historical and critical account of the lives and writings of the most eminent persons in every nation, particularly...
...with his sole surviving brother Antony Calvin , but as the roads were not safe on account of the war,... (United Kingdom - 1555)
...with his sole surviving brother Antony Calvin , but as the roads were not safe on account of the war,... (United Kingdom - 1555)
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What is the origin of the name Calvin?
1: English (Lancashire and Cumberland; of Norman origin): nickname from Anglo-Norman French cauf ‘bald’ + the diminutive suffix -in.2: In some cases also French: variant of Cauvin a cognate of 1 above. [...]