Call Family History
Call Name Meaning
Irish: reduced form of McCall. English: from Middle English calle ‘close-fitting cap for women’ (from Old French cale), probably applied as a metonymic occupational name. Compare Cale. Catalan: topographic name from call ‘narrow track’ (Latin callis). Compare Calle. Possibly an Americanized spelling of German Koll or Goll.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press