Name: Malcolm
Gender: Male
Usage: Malcolm, of scottish-gaelic origin, is a very popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.
People having the name Malcolm are in general originating from Australia, France, Ireland, Malta, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Malcolm is: Servant of saint Columba, Follower of St. Columbus.
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Numerology of the first name Malcolm: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 6. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: responsible, protective, stable, balanced, loving, compassionate.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Romantic, Nurturing
Ruling planet: Venus
Colors: Blue
Gemstones: Emerald
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The name Malcolm is ranked on the 1,097th position of the most used names. It means that this name is very frequently used.
We estimate that there are at least 474100 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.007% of the population. The name Malcolm has seven characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Malcolm for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
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History and Origin
Malcolm, Malcom, Máel Coluim, or Maol Choluim, is a Goidelic given name meaning "devotee of Saint Columba".
Scottish and English: Anglicized form of the Gaelic name Mael Coluim ‘devotee of St Columba’. Columba, whose name means ‘dove’ in Latin, was a 6th-century monk of Irish origin who played a leading part in the conversion to Christianity of Scotland and northern England; See also Calum and Colm. He has always been one of the most popular saints in Scotland, but in the Middle Ages it was felt to be presumptuous to give the names of saints directly to children; instead their blessing was invoked by prefixing the name with mael ‘devotee of’ (cf. Marmaduke) or gille ‘servant of’. In the Highlands Malcolm is still used as an Anglicized form of Calum.
Feminine forms: Malcolmina, Malina.
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