Calvin

Calvin enters with the clean lines of a mid-century suit. The name derives from the Latin calvus, meaning bald, and was adopted as a surname by the French theologian Jean Calvin in the sixteenth century, after which it became a given name in Protestant families, notably President Calvin Coolidge. In the twentieth century it picked up new warmth through Bill Watterson's Calvin and Hobbes and the long reach of Calvin Klein. It now sits at 140 on the American boys chart. Two syllables, a bright K opening and a tidy N close. Nickname Cal is friendly, handsome. Classic, clever, quietly cool.