Calder
A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning cold stream or rocky stream.
Calder by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Calder. In the US, 105 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 120 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Calder. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Calder
Names that are said the same way as Calder, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean a stone or rock
Like Calder, each of these has a stone or rock in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Masonstone worker13,560 in the US (2017)
- Jadejade stone; symbol of virtue and beauty2,765 in the US (2017)
- Harleyhare meadow or rocky meadow366 in England and Wales (2025)
- Peterrock, stone1,777 in the US (2017)
- Harlowrocky hill or army hill832 in the US (2017)
- Pedrostone or rock; Spanish form of Peter809 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean water
Like Calder, each of these has water in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Maxwellgreat spring; place name3,118 in the US (2017)
- Riverflowing water; nature name3,114 in the US (2017)
- Brooksof the small stream1,938 in the US (2017)
- Beckettbee keeper or stream; a surname used as a given name1,763 in the US (2017)
- Beckhamhomestead with a stream1,280 in the US (2017)
- Wadeto go or ford across water899 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Calder
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