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Calum

Calum means “dove” (Scottish Gaelic origin). 3,506 US babies since 1940, peak 2025.

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What it means

“dove”

Scottish GaelicWell documented

In US birth records

Peak year: 2025

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3,506 US babies were named Calum between 1940 and 2025.

Careers

Not enough notable people named Calum (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.

Spelling family

1 in 6 Callums spell it Calum

  • Callum 71%
  • Calum 15%
  • Kalem 4%
  • Kallum 3%
  • Kaleem 2%
  • Kalum 2%
  • Calem 2%
  • Kalim 1%

Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.

Name twins (peaked around 2025)