# Callum

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #27,081

## Definitions
1. A male given name from Scottish Gaelic.
2. A surname from Scottish Gaelic.

## Etymology
Scottish surname, shortened from McCallum; also a variant of Calum.

## Easily confused with
- **calm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/callum-vs-calm)
- **Calum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/callum-vs-calum)
- **Cally** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/callum-vs-cally)
- **callus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/callum-vs-callus)
- **call** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/call-vs-callum)
- **calls** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/calls-vs-callum)
- **called** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/called-vs-callum)
- **caller** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caller-vs-callum)
- **Callie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/callie-vs-callum)
- **Callan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/callan-vs-callum)
- **calcium** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/calcium-vs-callum)
- **callous** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/callous-vs-callum)

## Common misspellings (6)
`acllum`, `callmu`, `callumm`, `calulm`, `ccallum`, `clalum`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/callum