Calviño

See also: Calvino

Galician

Alternative forms

• Calvinho (reintegrationist)

Etymology

From calvo (“bald”) +‎ -iño, a diminutive/affective suffix. Compare French Chauvin and English Calvin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɑlˈβiɲʊ]

Proper noun

Calviño

1. a surname

Related terms

• Calvo

References

• “Calviño” in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
• “Caluiño” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.