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Name Malcolm

Meaning:

disciple of Saint Columba

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About the name Malcolm in particular

Gender:	male
Languages of use:	English, Scottish
US 2021 rank:	#282 ... 280:Damien, 281:Zayn, 282:Malcolm, 283:Kayson, 284:Bodhi ... Full US 2021 list
Similarly written:	Malcom Details

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About Malcolm, the group of names with the same origin as Malcolm

Meaning/translation:	disciple of Saint Columba
Language of origin:	Old Irish
Info about origin:	from a Sottish given name Mael Coluim with the meaning disciple of Saint Columba
	this was the name of several Scottish kings and of a character in Shakespeare's play Macbeth
Words:	mael = the disciple Old Irish
Topics:	Words
Variants' top ranks:	24:Malcolm England+Wales 1944, 418:Malcom France 2002
Old/original forms:	Mael Coluim Old Irish
Name variants:	Malcolm, Malcom Sortable list Details

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Popularity lists that contain the name Malcolm

Series	Graph	Rankings
Canada	Graph	2023 179, 2022 159, 2021 153
England+Wales decades	Graph	1974 89, 1964 65, 1954 31, 1944 24, 1934 46
France		2002 459
USA decades	Graph	1990-1999 289, 1980-1989 402
USA yearly	Graph	2023 292, 2022 285, 2021 282, 2020 290, 2019 328, 2018 394, 2017 394, 2016 410, 2015 419, 2014 442, 2013 444, 2012 466, 2011 498, 2010 527, 2009 600, 2008 543, 2007 568, 2006 539, 2005 540, 2004 533, 2003 487, 2002 426, 2001 408, 2000 368, 1999 366, 1998 366, 1997 338, 1996 313, 1995 300, 1994 277, 1993 236

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