Call

See also: call and 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.

Proper noun

Call

  1. A surname.
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