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Callum - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Callum

[ 2 syll. cal-lum, ca-ll-um ] The boy name Callum is pronounced as KAELahM KEY. Callum is used mostly in English and Scottish, and its language of origin is Latin and Celtic.

Callum is a spelling variant of the English and Scottish name Calum.

Callum is also a variation of the English and Scottish name Malcolm.

Callum is somewhat popular as a baby name for boys. The name has been rising in popularity since the 2000s; prior to that, it was of sporadic use only. At the modest peak of its usage in 2008, 0.009% of baby boys were named Callum. It ranked at #976 then. Out of the group of boy names directly related to Callum, the English and Scottish Malcolm was the most commonly used in 2008. The name was twice as popular as Callum in that year.

Baby names that sound like Callum include the English and Scottish Calum, the English and Scottish Kallum, the Scottish Caalum, the English Calen, the German Callan, the Irish Caolan, the Spanish Clemen, the English Clemmie, the English Clemmy, the Latinized Cleon, the Irish Coilin, the English and Irish Colan, the English and Irish Coleman, the English Colen, the Scottish, English, and French Colin, the English Collen, the English Collin, the Welsh Collwyn, the English and Irish Colman, and the Irish Colom.

KEY: Pronunciation for Callum: K as in "key (K.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)"


 
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