Callaway Name Meaning, Origin and Heraldry

Callaway is a spelling of the English surname Calloway. At root, the name means “From Caillouet, pebbles”. Callaway writes “a” in place of the “o” found in Calloway, a common scribal difference. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists. You may also find the name written Kellaway.

The 2010 census count for Callaway in the United States was 13,819, good for rank 2,610. Similar-sounding surnames on Herald Lab: Gallaway and Galloway.

Heraldry is personal: arms associated with the Calloway surname were borne by specific families, and sharing the name does not mean sharing the blazon. Want more than a summary? See the Callaway family name pack.