Caldwell

A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning cold spring or cold stream.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Caldwell by the numbers

Caldwell was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 21 babies in 1918, so it is a 1910s name that has since fallen a long way.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Caldwell. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Caswellstream where wild cats drink; a surname used as given name7 in the US (2017)
  • Cardell6 in the US (2017)
  • Campbellcrooked mouth; a surname used as given name396 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean water

Like Caldwell, 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)

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