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baltimore Name Meaning and History

American: apparently from the city in MD or from the title of the English Barons Baltimore, borne by members of the Calvert family, who were Lords Proprietors of the colony of MD in the 17th century and for whom the state capital was named. As a family name, Baltimore seems to have originated in America (appearing in VA in the 1660s). There is no record of any Calvert descendants having assumed the title as a surname.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of baltimore Families in the US in 1920
Number of baltimore families
 25-47
 9-24
 1-8
 0
Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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