Calvary Forename

505,965th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 303 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Calvary Forename Definition:

Kal'-va-re, the place of a skull. Called in Hebrew, Golgotha; supposed to be thus denominated from the similitude it bore to the figure of the skull of a man s head, or from its being a place of burial. A small eminence to the north of Mount Zion, and the west of Jerusalem.

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Calvary Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States
79%
 
1571:2,309,15336,784
Nigeria
100%
431:4,129,40465,600
Zimbabwe
91%
 
241:642,65926,560
Tanzania
50%
 
151:3,519,22124,304
South Africa
 
56%
131:4,194,81994,932
India
 
61%
121:101,239,8311,357,349
Indonesia-111:23,451,243565,442
Ghana-91:2,998,4685,965
Canada-31:11,044,45776,719
Kenya-21:23,153,55556,680
Papua New Guinea
100%
21:4,076,157155,819
Hong Kong-21:3,876,36213,851
Uganda
100%
21:20,478,46091,660
Malaysia-11:30,449,940373,101
Mexico-11:124,144,427140,512
Myanmar-11:51,948,2733,226
Philippines
100%
11:106,009,477690,015
Scotland-11:5,350,36624,769
Jamaica-11:2,883,22722,340
England-11:55,602,921189,715
Brazil-11:214,236,154864,335

Calvary (600) may also be a surname.

Calvary Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Kal'-va-re, the place of a skull. Called in Hebrew, Golgotha; supposed to be thus denominated from the similitude it bore to the figure of the skull of a man s head, or from its being a place of burial. A small eminence to the north of Mount Zion, and the west of Jerusalem. The place where Christ was crucified. Luke xxiii. 33.

The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar

Meaning: a skull.

A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson

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