# Caldecott (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/caldecott/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A habitational surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | fewer than 100 |
| US rank (2010) | not ranked |
| How often | not recorded |
| Change since 2000 | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Callcott |

## Etymology

From Old English cald (“cold”) + cot (“cottage”), denoting a place provided with a shelter for the wintertime. Compare Caldecote and Calcott, which share the same etymology.

## Where

Wikidata records people named Caldecott in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the United Kingdom.

## People named Caldecott

- Randolph Caldecott, British artist and illustrator (1846-1886)
- Andrew Caldecott, British colonial administrator and writer (1884–1951)

## Similar surnames

Childs, Coolidge.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.