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Boy · Scottish Gaelic
Maol Choluim
Say it: mool-KHOL-im
Meaning
Gaelic 'devotee of Columba'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Its wave through time
No birth counts are recorded for this name in the records loaded here: it has been given to fewer than five babies a year, or not at all, since records began.
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Máel Coluim
| English | Malcolm |
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Famous bearers
- Máel Coluim mac Donnchada (Malcolm III), king of Scots
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- Royal and noble genealogies
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