Submitted NameRevisions Save Type Settlement Usage English Edit Status Status [show contributorshide contributors] Added 3/1/2011 by dragonstar12 Edited 3/23/2015 by Frollein Gladys Meaning & History From the name of a town in ancient Italy, of uncertain origin. It was mentioned only by the Roman historian Livy, and may correspond to the village Calvisi, at the foot of the Monte Matese.