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.