Malcolm
♂French boy's name
A French boy's name of English origin.
At a glance
| Gender | Masculine |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
Origin and meaning
Royal name in Scotland, anglicised from various historical Goidelic names equivalent to Scottish Gaelic Maol Chaluim or Calum, Irish Maol Colm, Middle Irish Máel Coluim, Old Irish Máel Columb (literally “devotee of [Saint] Columba”); proper nouns derived from máel (“tonsured”) from Proto-Celtic *mailos, and columb (“dove”) from Latin columbus.
Where it is mostly given
- Great Britain
- Ireland
- United States
- Malta
Source: Wiktionnaire (CC BY-SA 4.0).