Calico
About Calico
A word name with fashionable o-ending that has associations with both the homespun fabric and the mottled cat. Alice Cooper named his daughter Calico decades ago, while it was selected more recently by influencer Paige R Williams for her daughter in 2025.
Pronounced KAL-i-koh.
Editor's take: The name Calico is a girl's name of English origin meaning "cotton cloth imported from India; a blotched or spotted animal".
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Calico on lists
Famous Calicos
- Calico Cooper (b. 1981)
American actress; daughter of singer Alice Cooper
- "Calico Jack" Rackham
English pirate (his nickname came from the calico clothing he wore)
- Tyrone Bernard Calico
American NFL football player
Calico in pop culture
- Calico
one of the cats from movie "Cats & Dogs"
- "Calico Joe" Castle
main character in "Calico Joe" by John Grisham
- A type of printed cotton. It derives from the Indian city of Calicut
a major port in the past for the export of Indian goods.