Calum

Where Calum comes from

From Scottish Gaelic Calum, from Late Latin Columba (literally “dove”), the name of a sixth century Scottish saint, one of the patron saints of Scotland. Doublet of Colm.
— Wiktionary's entry for Calum
  • Scottish Gaelic
Along the way
  1. 1978
    First appearance
    #5,772 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1988
    Calum Scott born
    English singer
  3. 1995
    Calum Chambers born
    English association football player
  4. 2025
    Peak, #799
    313 babies named Calum — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Scottish Gaelic.
Namesakes
  • Calum Chambers · English association football player, born 1995
  • Calum Scott · English singer, born 1988
  • Calum Worthy · Canadian actor, born 1991
  • Calum Davenport · British footballer, born 1983
  • Calum Jarvis · British swimmer, born 1992

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.