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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X, list of Scottish personal names).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

CAL(L)UM. A popular Highland name (Sc. 1746 Lyon in Mourning (S.H.S.) I. 332, 1814 Scott Waverley lviii., a.1835 Hogg Poems (1874) 413; Arg. 1896 N. Munro Lost Pibroch 58–65). [′kɑlʌm]

[A shortened form of Malcolm, Gael. Maol Chaluim, the servant dedicated to Saint Colum (Columba).]

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