At a Glance
- Meaning
- Hard, rocky ground
- Origin
- Old French/Celtic (place name)
- Gender
- Boy
- Pronunciation
- ka-LAY
Calais is an Old French/Celtic (place name) boy's name meaning “hard, rocky ground”. It appears in our list of Greek Baby Boy Names With Heroic Roots.
Meaning & Origin of Calais
Meaning: Hard, rocky ground.
Origin: Old French/Celtic (place name).
A common claim: "beautiful" Actually: The well-documented etymology traces the French city name Calais to a Celtic root meaning 'hard, rocky ground' — not to Greek kalos ('beautiful'). The mythological figure Calais (the Argonaut) has no separately confirmed etymology of his own.
Source: Wiktionary.
How to Pronounce Calais
ka-LAYIPA /kæˈleɪ/
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