Colum Forename

176,950th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 1,854 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Ireland
Highest density in:
Northern Ireland

Colum Forename Definition:

A male name. the Irish form of Columba (Latin dove), the name of, amongst others, St Columba (521-97), the apostle of the Picts, who was usually known as Columcille, ‘Colum of the Church’. The Scottish name Colin is apparently an anglicization of this.

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Colum Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland
100%
7951:5,841536
England
100%
3431:162,1085,167
Northern Ireland
100%
3311:5,568597
United States
100%
2071:1,751,38630,520
Scotland
100%
611:87,7112,176
Canada-371:895,49718,738
Australia-221:620,8019,053
Wales
100%
131:238,0244,015
Hong Kong-61:1,292,1216,806
Thailand
100%
51:14,013,163173,193
South Africa
100%
31:18,177,550242,026
Norway
100%
31:1,710,77619,445
Jersey-31:33,3271,495
United Arab Emirates-21:3,575,99676,635
Israel
100%
21:4,201,45930,777
Switzerland-21:4,106,74825,883
Germany
100%
21:48,338,93872,742
China-21:683,027,89194,999
Uganda-11:40,956,920131,348
Trinidad and Tobago-11:1,361,41934,512
Zimbabwe
100%
11:15,423,817113,731
Syria-11:19,306,0759,560
Spain-11:46,529,96535,592
Qatar-11:2,369,60559,530
Papua New Guinea
100%
11:8,152,314202,620
Nigeria
100%
11:177,564,360489,087
New Zealand-11:4,536,04417,392
Netherlands
100%
11:16,902,08343,152
Malaysia-11:30,449,940373,101
Luxembourg
100%
11:564,0495,042
Italy-11:61,062,09083,289
India
100%
11:1,214,877,9714,759,450
France-11:66,470,34085,030

Colum (218) may also be a surname.

Colum Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A male name. the Irish form of Columba (Latin dove), the name of, amongst others, St Columba (521-97), the apostle of the Picts, who was usually known as Columcille, ‘Colum of the Church’. The Scottish name Colin is apparently an anglicization of this. See also Malcolm and Colin.

The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe

Colum Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Collum91102/
Column9121/
Cholum912/
Colyum912/
Coolum911/
Colume911/
Collumn831/
Calum8010,075/
Kolum80212/
Solum8075/
Colom8040/
Culum8036/
Colun8020/
Jolum8010/
Zolum801/
Chouloum7711/
Callum7320,889/
Solium73160/
Cullum73105/
Chalum7347/
Chulum7339/
Kolume7337/
Caelum7332/
Calumn7323/
Koolum7312/
Qoulum7310/
Jolium739/
Kotlum738/
Coluin737/
Collom737/
Collun735/
Tsolum735/
Calium735/
Kolaum734/
Caluim733/
Koulum733/
Jollum733/
Kolgum732/
Kollum732/
Calaum732/
Calume732/
Caluhm732/
Giolum731/
Calumt731/
Caslum731/
Calhum731/
Koloum731/
Cahlum731/
Joslum731/
Jolume731/
Koluim731/
Kholum731/
Soilum731/
Soylum731/
Colung731/
Colgun731/
Cialum731/
Tchouloum7192/
Choulloum712/
Tchoulaum711/
Tcholoume711/
Kouloum6759/
Casluim6717/
Chaloum6717/
Callumn676/
Jouloum675/
Challum674/
Jollium674/
Khoulum673/
Wcleuma673/
Chaleum672/
Tchoulloum672/
Collune672/
Cullume672/
Calllum672/
Callume671/
Kolloum671/
Joslyum671/
Calumme671/
Callaum671/
Callujm671/
Caloume671/
Callumm671/
Chullum671/
Casluym671/
Koloume671/
Zouloum671/
Soyloum671/
Couliun671/
Cauleum671/
Chalium671/
Chaluim671/
Chuloum671/

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