Calhoun - name meaning, origin

The boy's name Calhoun \c(a)-lho

is of Irish and Gaelic origin, and its meaning is "the narrow woods". Place name. John Calhoun was a 19th-century American statesman, Vice President under Andrew Jackson, whose writings and ideas on states' rights contributed heavily to the Southern states' formation of the Confederacy.

Calhoun has 3 variant forms: Callhoun, Colhoun and Colquhoun.

For more information, see also the related name Cal.

Baby names that sound like Calhoun are Calan, Callan and Cleon.

Calhoun is an uncommon first name for men but a very common last name for both men and women (#592 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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