Callender History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Etymology of Callender

What does the name Callender mean?

Callender was first used as a surname by descendants of the Pictish people of ancient Scotland. The ancestors of the Callender family lived on the lands or barony of Callander in Perthshire. The name is quite mistakenly thought of as an occupational name derived from the trade of calendering or glossing cloth. Scholars seem to agree that this name was not related to the calendar of the months.

Early Origins of the Callender family

The surname Callender was first found in Perthshire (Gaelic: Siorrachd Pheairt) former county in the present day Council Area of Perth and Kinross, located in central Scotland. “This place derives its name, of Gaelic origin, from an ancient ferry across the river Teath, the principal road to which lay within its limits.” 1