Callum

Where Callum comes from

Scottish surname, shortened from McCallum; also a variant of Calum.
— Wiktionary's entry for Callum
  • Scottish Gaelic
Along the way
  1. 1983
    First appearance
    #5,484 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1992
    Callum Wilson born
    English association football player
  3. 2000
    Callum Hudson-Odoi born
    English association football player
  4. 2025
    Peak, #118
    2,995 babies named Callum — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Scottish Gaelic.
Namesakes
  • Callum Hudson-Odoi · English association football player, born 2000
  • Callum Wilson · English association football player, born 1992
  • Callum McGregor · Scottish association football player, born 1993
  • Callum Keith Rennie · Canadian actor, born 1960
  • Callum McCowatt · New Zealand association football player, born 1999

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.