"Metcalf" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

Forms: Metcalfs [plural], Medcalf [alternative], Medcalfe [alternative], Metcalfe [alternative], Mitcalfe [alternative]
Etymology: Possibly from Old English *metecealf (“meat calf”), a calf to be fattened up for eating. The use as a surname could have started off as a jocular nickname for an individual thought to be as "fat as a prize-calf"; or else in reference to the occupation involved in fattening up such a calf. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|ang|*metecealf||meat calf}} Old English *metecealf (“meat calf”) Head templates: {{en-prop|s}} Metcalf (plural Metcalfs)
  1. A Northern English surname.

Inflected forms

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