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Although this name literally means disaster, the use of Calamity as a descriptor of Martha Jane Cannery, aka Calamity Jane, was meant to signal that she was a good person to have in troubled times. Calamity Jane was well regarded as a frontierswoman and nurse, someone who was said to be extremely generous and compassionate to the sick and troubled.. Calamity's connection to the American West gives this a roguish name a sort of windswept charm about it. Indeed, the most controversial aspect of this name is its connection to the frontier wars that led to the dispossession of Native American peoples. </br><br>
Controversy aside, you really don't want to name your daughter Calamity. There are plenty of other uncommon <a href="https://nameberry.com/search/girls-names/c">girl names starting with C</a> that don't sound like jokes.

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