Malcolm Forename
4,301st
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 244,165 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Falkland Islands
Malcolm Forename Definition:
A male name. Gaelic mael-Columb, ‘servant’ or ‘disciple of Columb’, a favourite Scottish name. It is occasionally found in England in the Middle Ages. Of late years it has come into use in England even with families who have no close Scottish connexions.
Read More About This ForenameMalcolm Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | 100% | 105,286 | 1:528 | 117 |
| United States | 100% | 49,637 | 1:7,304 | 890 |
| Australia | - | 17,075 | 1:800 | 179 |
| South Africa | 100% | 11,714 | 1:4,655 | 878 |
| Canada | 100% | 10,715 | 1:3,092 | 573 |
| Scotland | 100% | 9,631 | 1:556 | 125 |
| New Zealand | - | 8,429 | 1:538 | 119 |
| Wales | 100% | 7,377 | 1:419 | 91 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 2,790 | 1:7,455 | 1,183 |
| Sudan | 100% | 1,586 | 1:23,838 | 2,295 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1,282 | 1:24,035 | 3,052 |
| Malta | - | 1,131 | 1:380 | 79 |
| India | 100% | 987 | 1:1,230,879 | 75,307 |
| Ireland | 100% | 941 | 1:4,935 | 484 |
| Kenya | - | 804 | 1:57,596 | 3,730 |
| Ghana | 100% | 787 | 1:34,290 | 2,099 |
| France | 100% | 764 | 1:87,003 | 2,055 |
| Jamaica | - | 677 | 1:4,259 | 725 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 581 | 1:3,172 | 437 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 571 | 1:2,384 | 458 |
| Malawi | 100% | 465 | 1:36,801 | 2,710 |
| Guyana | 100% | 445 | 1:1,715 | 321 |
| Poland | 95% | 424 | 1:89,687 | 2,012 |
| Brazil | 100% | 420 | 1:510,086 | 16,628 |
| Barbados | - | 414 | 1:700 | 160 |
| Philippines | 99% | 379 | 1:279,708 | 11,178 |
| Malaysia | 100% | 377 | 1:80,769 | 6,024 |
| Bangladesh | - | 367 | 1:434,500 | 16,631 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 338 | 1:24,119 | 2,390 |
| Germany | 100% | 323 | 1:299,312 | 3,894 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 320 | 1:48,199 | 4,215 |
| Thailand | 100% | 317 | 1:221,028 | 14,046 |
| Spain | 100% | 312 | 1:149,135 | 3,544 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 285 | 1:623,033 | 18,201 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 274 | 1:61,686 | 3,898 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 269 | 1:316 | 103 |
| Singapore | 100% | 268 | 1:23,459 | 4,239 |
| Portugal | - | 267 | 1:38,992 | 1,469 |
| Fiji | - | 259 | 1:3,445 | 924 |
| Sweden | 100% | 241 | 1:40,904 | 2,288 |
| Vanuatu | - | 212 | 1:1,235 | 346 |
| Jersey | 100% | 196 | 1:510 | 119 |
| Suriname | 100% | 165 | 1:3,350 | 773 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 163 | 1:43,877 | 4,055 |
| Swaziland | - | 154 | 1:8,443 | 1,221 |
| Zambia | - | 149 | 1:106,408 | 4,882 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 132 | 1:62,223 | 2,449 |
| Botswana | 100% | 127 | 1:17,200 | 2,174 |
| Japan | - | 127 | 1:1,007,764 | 15,032 |
| Namibia | - | 118 | 1:20,374 | 1,859 |
| Israel | 97% | 113 | 1:74,362 | 3,755 |
| Oman | - | 110 | 1:37,352 | 2,259 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 99 | 1:105,366 | 5,394 |
| Bahamas | - | 96 | 1:4,160 | 716 |
| Liberia | 100% | 96 | 1:45,959 | 2,506 |
| China | - | 89 | 1:15,348,941 | 60,042 |
| Hong Kong | - | 83 | 1:93,406 | 2,776 |
| Belgium | 99% | 82 | 1:140,122 | 4,102 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 81 | 1:2,195 | 407 |
| Argentina | 93% | 77 | 1:555,497 | 3,892 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 77 | 1:1,425 | 293 |
| Chile | 94% | 74 | 1:237,935 | 4,023 |
| Denmark | - | 73 | 1:77,390 | 2,476 |
| Guernsey | 100% | 73 | 1:868 | 190 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 70 | 1:1,420 | 306 |
| Greece | 100% | 69 | 1:158,472 | 3,540 |
| Norway | 100% | 69 | 1:74,382 | 2,681 |
| Italy | 100% | 68 | 1:897,972 | 8,036 |
| Bermuda | - | 66 | 1:982 | 213 |
| Mexico | 100% | 65 | 1:1,909,914 | 11,588 |
| Bahrain | - | 59 | 1:22,859 | 3,234 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 56 | 1:15,555 | 1,130 |
| Belize | 100% | 50 | 1:7,086 | 1,238 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 50 | 1:1,097 | 247 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 48 | 1:2,325 | 439 |
| Kuwait | - | 47 | 1:80,538 | 6,521 |
| Indonesia | - | 43 | 1:5,999,155 | 224,575 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 43 | 1:13,511 | 1,219 |
| Gibraltar | - | 41 | 1:833 | 177 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 41 | 1:86,593 | 1,779 |
| Uganda | 100% | 40 | 1:1,023,923 | 17,655 |
| Brunei | 100% | 38 | 1:11,041 | 790 |
| Panama | 100% | 38 | 1:102,804 | 5,057 |
| Angola | - | 36 | 1:749,072 | 2,190 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 36 | 1:196,907 | 408 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 34 | 1:1,803 | 413 |
| Honduras | 100% | 33 | 1:267,196 | 5,436 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 100% | 33 | 1:1,052 | 243 |
| Estonia | - | 31 | 1:42,432 | 2,607 |
| Peru | 100% | 31 | 1:1,025,531 | 13,565 |
| Qatar | 100% | 31 | 1:76,439 | 9,122 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 28 | 1:1,165,126 | 13,382 |
| Andorra | - | 26 | 1:3,188 | 334 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 24 | 1:900,438 | 24,542 |
| Iraq | 100% | 24 | 1:1,459,077 | 10,051 |
| Austria | 100% | 23 | 1:370,183 | 3,999 |
| Russia | 100% | 22 | 1:6,556,077 | 28,980 |
| Grenada | 100% | 21 | 1:5,149 | 844 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 21 | 1:2,513,729 | 22,624 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 20 | 1:1,562 | 349 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 18 | 1:264,886 | 5,347 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 18 | 1:190,424 | 3,622 |
| Finland | 95% | 17 | 1:322,540 | 4,487 |
| Vietnam | - | 17 | 1:5,448,418 | 3,651 |
| Mozambique | - | 16 | 1:1,702,710 | 1,919 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 16 | 1:12,147,355 | 77,853 |
| Ecuador | - | 15 | 1:1,181,795 | 8,518 |
| American Samoa | - | 14 | 1:3,989 | 735 |
| Guam | - | 14 | 1:11,475 | 1,503 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 14 | 1:2,157,278 | 37,130 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 13 | 1:20,782 | 1,589 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 12 | 1:501,528 | 8,668 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 11 | 1:286 | 37 |
| Monaco | 100% | 11 | 1:3,497 | 622 |
| South Korea | - | 10 | 1:554,442 | 13,303 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 10 | 1:2,376,968 | 55,480 |
| Libya | - | 9 | 1:691,257 | 1,282 |
| Morocco | - | 9 | 1:3,816,515 | 8,291 |
| Rwanda | - | 9 | 1:1,263,493 | 1,939 |
| Samoa | - | 9 | 1:21,688 | 450 |
| Aruba | - | 8 | 1:12,972 | 1,901 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 7 | 1:1,894 | 342 |
| Jordan | - | 7 | 1:1,260,968 | 6,027 |
| Turkey | 100% | 6 | 1:12,966,952 | 37,072 |
| Cook Islands | - | 5 | 1:3,631 | 547 |
| Curaçao | - | 5 | 1:31,161 | 859 |
| Dominica | - | 5 | 1:15,094 | 483 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 5 | 1:1,125,514 | 9,179 |
| Egypt | 100% | 4 | 1:22,975,236 | 27,891 |
| Guatemala | - | 4 | 1:4,027,107 | 7,742 |
| Tunisia | - | 4 | 1:169,226 | 7,289 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 3 | 1:3,214,315 | 27,427 |
| Colombia | - | 3 | 1:15,926,309 | 51,235 |
| Congo | 100% | 3 | 1:1,669,735 | 30,542 |
| Czechia | 100% | 3 | 1:3,552,054 | 6,491 |
| El Salvador | - | 3 | 1:2,113,929 | 9,538 |
| Montserrat | - | 3 | 1:1,625 | 276 |
| Benin | - | 2 | 1:5,287,922 | 61,990 |
| Burkina Faso | - | 2 | 1:9,189,734 | 69,235 |
| Cambodia | - | 2 | 1:8,136,665 | 51,498 |
| Georgia | 100% | 2 | 1:1,869,233 | 20,119 |
| Haiti | - | 2 | 1:5,363,476 | 32,317 |
| Lithuania | - | 2 | 1:1,475,941 | 3,949 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 2 | 1:282,024 | 3,520 |
| Maldives | - | 2 | 1:216,952 | 3,781 |
| Mauritius | - | 2 | 1:648,892 | 8,630 |
| Senegal | 100% | 2 | 1:7,290,678 | 24,413 |
| Ukraine | - | 2 | 1:22,749,954 | 22,291 |
| Yemen | - | 2 | 1:13,148,376 | 10,677 |
| Albania | - | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Belarus | 100% | 1 | 1:9,482,384 | 20,892 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Croatia | 100% | 1 | 1:4,217,076 | 20,943 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 1 | 1:73,827,605 | 146,761 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| French Polynesia | - | 1 | 1:277,902 | 3,605 |
| Gabon | - | 1 | 1:1,883,336 | 4,538 |
| Hungary | 100% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Lesotho | - | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Macau | - | 1 | 1:608,209 | 2,350 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 1 | 1:2,324 | 291 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 1 | 1:54,668 | 1,803 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 1 | 1:5,829 | 386 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
Malcolm (41,108) may also be a surname.
Malcolm Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. Gaelic mael-Columb, ‘servant’ or ‘disciple of Columb’, a favourite Scottish name. It is occasionally found in England in the Middle Ages. Of late years it has come into use in England even with families who have no close Scottish connexions.
Malcolum Domesday Book 1086. Maukolum Curia Regis Rolls 1207. Malculmus Feudal Aids 1305, J316, 1346. Malculinus Feudal Aids 1340. Malcolinus Feudal Aids 1316. Malculms Feudal Aids 1428. Maucolyn Werburge 1513.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
Originally Maolcolm, ‘a disciple of Columb,’ it may, in the Celtic, be interpreted as ‘servant of Colomba’, the saint who, in C6, founded a hundred monasteries and, from Ireland, went to Scotland: ‘the Apostle of Caledonia.’ It is mostly a Scottish name. (See also Colan and Colin.)
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
A name derived from the Gaelic maol-Cholum, the servant of Columba. Maol signifies lit. ‘the brow of a rock, a bald head;’ then ‘a shorn head, a monk.’
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
A Celtic name, meaning: Disciple of St. Colomba.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
A Gaelic name: Calum, earlier Gillecalum, Middle Gaelic Mylcollum, Maelcolaim, Old Gaelic Malcoloum, Malcolum, Gilliecolaim, Irish Maelcoluim: from maol, bald, and calum, a dove (Latin columba), the particular Calum meant here being St Columba. Hence Maccallum.
— Etymology of The Principal Gaelic National Names, Personal Names, Surnames (1909) by Alexander MacBain
Malcolm Forename Popularity
Malcolm Demographics
Malcolm Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Sample size: 181 (1901)
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Phonetically Similar Names
| Forename | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malcolme | 93 | 68 | / |
| Malcholm | 93 | 58 | / |
| Mallcolm | 93 | 8 | / |
| Malcolmm | 93 | 5 | / |
| Malcollm | 93 | 3 | / |
| Malcolhm | 93 | 3 | / |
| Mmalcolm | 93 | 2 | / |
| Malciolm | 93 | 2 | / |
| Malcohlm | 93 | 2 | / |
| Malkcolm | 93 | 1 | / |
| Malccolm | 93 | 1 | / |
| Malckolm | 93 | 1 | / |
| Malcolmd | 93 | 1 | / |
| Malcolmh | 93 | 1 | / |
| Malcolmt | 93 | 1 | / |
| Malcoolm | 93 | 1 | / |
| Hmalcolm | 93 | 1 | / |
| Malkolm | 86 | 90 | / |
| Malcalm | 86 | 27 | / |
| Malculm | 86 | 18 | / |
| Molcolm | 86 | 8 | / |
| Malxolm | 86 | 2 | / |
| Malkholm | 80 | 1 | / |
| Malchalme | 75 | 1 | / |
| Malkalm | 71 | 2 | / |
| Malesalm | 67 | 1 | / |
| Molcalm | 57 | 1 | / |
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