English or Scottish: unexplained. The name is recorded in VA from
the 18th century on. It could be a variant of English Calf(e)
(see Califf), or a reduced and altered form of Scottish
McAlpine.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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