The Calvillo Family Name

Calvillo is best understood alongside Calvo: both are Spanish spellings of a single family name. Its meaning, shared with Calvo, is “Bald”.

• With the diminutive -illo, Calvillo is a pet form of Calvo that became a surname in its own right.
• You may also find the name written Calvete and Calvi.
• Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them.

Heraldry and the Calvillo name

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Calvillo, so the heraldry linked to Calvo is a starting point, not an automatic right. For the full story, order the Calvillo surname pack.