Possibly a French topographic name for a person living on a high
barren plateau, from the Celtic term calmis. However, the name
is concentrated in MS and KY, an unlikely distribution for French.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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