Malcolm

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Malcolm

/ˈmæl.kəm/

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Royal name in Scotland, anglicised from various historical Goidelic names equivalent to Scottish Gaelic Maol Chaluim or Calum, Irish Maol Colm, Middle Irish Máel Coluim, Old Irish Máel Columb (literally “devotee of [Saint] Columba”); proper nouns derived from máel (“tonsured”) from Proto-Celtic *mailos, and columb (“dove”) from Latin columbus.

proper noun

A male given name from Scottish Gaelic or Goidelic, variant of Calum and Callum, feminine equivalent Malcolmina, equivalent to Scottish Gaelic Maol Chaluim. We will establish our estate upon / Our eldest, Malcolm, whom we name hereafter / The Prince of Cumberland.
A surname.
A minor city in Poweshiek County, Iowa, United States.
An unincorporated community in Charles County, Maryland, United States.
A village in Lancaster County, Nebraska, United States.
An abandoned town in the Shire of Leonora, Goldfields-Esperance region, Western Australia.

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Closest in meaning: michael, malcom, brown, martin, enrique, mal, malc, colm, malcome, malcomb, malkolm, malcy, malco, malcolmson, calum, callum

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MLA

"Malcolm." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/malcolm. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

Malcolm. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/malcolm

Chicago

"Malcolm." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/malcolm.

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@misc{malcolm_2026,
  title = {Malcolm},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/malcolm},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}