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Metcalf
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English
Alternative forms
en Medcalf Medcalfe Metcalfe Mitcalfe
Etymology
Possibly from en ang *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.
Proper noun
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en Northern English.
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