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[Facts] Meaning of the name Callum
I thought somewhere I had read "handsome" but can't find it anywhere.Is it pronounced Cale - um or Cal-um ??
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Callum is the Scottish form of COLUMBA, isn't it? (The Irish being Colm or Collum)It's pronounced exactly as it looks --Cal-um.
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Calum Callum
The boy i know with this name pronounces it Cal-um
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Callum/Calum
Derived from the Latin "columba" meaning "dove" and of course St Columba, the 6th century saint who established the Iona community and converted large parts of Scotland to Christianity. It was the 28th most popular name for a boy in 1999.
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It's pronounced Cull-um. It's my son's name.Good luck.Shannyn
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personally, it being my name i would pronounc it Cal-lum but i gues its subjective
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Have always pronouced it Cal - lum as it says in lots of the baby name dictionarys
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