Calvini Coat of Arms and Surname Origin

Whether you spell it Calvini or Calvino, the story begins in the same place. Its meaning, shared with Calvino, is “Little bald one”.

Heraldry and the Calvini name

Arms linked to Calvino and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

Spelling and variants

The change of ending between Calvino and Calvini reflects the Italian habit of naming a family in the plural or the singular. Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written.

149 people born in France between 1891 and 2000 carried the Calvini name at birth. Similar-sounding surnames on Herald Lab: Calvin and Galvin. Research your Calvini family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.