The name "Kalko" is a truncated-suffix formation with the suffix "-ko" derived from the name "Kalin". All instances of the personal name "Kalko" date back to the 17th century. Specifically, the following are mentioned in documents:- Kalko Onishchenya from the village of Novosilky (VKO 1 84);- in 1649, Cossack Kalko Klumenko of the Kaniv regiment (RVZ 110);- Cossack Kalko Pochatinsky of the Korsun regiment (RVZ 157);- Cossack Kalko Verbenitsky of the Myrhorod regiment (RVZ 398).It is also worth noting the record of a surname from 1651: the western peasant Lukash Kalko (Arch YUZR VI/I 5781).