# Calum

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #31,898

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

## Etymology
From Scottish Gaelic Calum, from Late Latin Columba (literally “dove”), the name of a sixth century Scottish saint, one of the patron saints of Scotland. Doublet of Colm.

## Easily confused with
- **cam** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/calum-vs-cam)
- **cum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/calum-vs-cum)
- **club** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/calum-vs-club)
- **clue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/calum-vs-clue)
- **clam** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/calum-vs-clam)
- **clem** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/calum-vs-clem)
- **chum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/calum-vs-chum)
- **clump** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/calum-vs-clump)
- **Camus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/calum-vs-camus)
- **column** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/calum-vs-column)
- **calumet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/calum-vs-calumet)
- **cal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cal-vs-calum)
- **call** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/call-vs-calum)
- **calm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/calm-vs-calum)
- **calf** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/calf-vs-calum)
- **Cali** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cali-vs-calum)
- **calc** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/calc-vs-calum)
- **calls** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/calls-vs-calum)
- **Caleb** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caleb-vs-calum)
- **Cajun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cajun-vs-calum)

## Common misspellings (6)
`aclum`, `calmu`, `calumm`, `caulm`, `ccalum`, `claum`

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