Is Calvin in the Bible? No, It Comes from the Reformer John Calvin

Calvin is not in the Bible. It comes from Cauvin, the French family name of the Protestant Reformer John Calvin, which goes back to the French word for “bald.” Christians have used Calvin as a first name in his honor since the nineteenth century. What does the name Calvin mean? The Reformer was born Jehan Cauvin on 10 July 1509 at Noyon, in Picardy in northern France. Cauvin was his father’s surname: Gérard Cauvin was the cathedral notary at Noyon.…