Call
English
Etymology
- As an Irish surname, shortened from McCall.
- As an English surname, from the noun caul (“kind of headdress or cap”).
- Also as an English surname, from Middle English calwe (“bald”).
- Also as an English surname, from a Middle English derivative of Latin caulae (“sheepfold”).
- As a Catalan surname, from the noun call (“narrow track”), from Latin callis (“path”). Compare Calle.
- As a German surname, Americanized from Koll, Goll.
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