Malcolm name - Meaning of Malcolm

Malcolm name - Meaning of Malcolm

Gender

Masculine

Lucky Number

6

Usage

Scottish, English, Gaelic

Pronounced

MAL-kəm

Malcolm Meaning

From Scottish Máel Coluim which means "disciple of Saint Columba ". This was the name of four kings of Scotland starting in the 10th century, including Malcolm Iii, who became king after killing Macbeth, the usurper who had murdered his father. The character Malcolm in Shakespeare 's tragedy 'Macbeth' (1606) is based on him. Another famous bearer was Malcolm X (1925-1965), an American civil rights leader. Malcolm is a very distinguished Scottish name, an Anglicized form of the Old Gaelic name "Mael Coluimb", which means "devotee of Saint Columba". This name itself comes from the Latin word "columba", which means "dove".

Malcolm Related Names
Variants: Máel Coluim (Scottish), Malcom (English)
Feminine Form: Malina (Scottish)

Malcolm Celebrities
Malcolm X - activist, Malcolm Barnwell - football player, Malcolm Cowley - author, Malcolm Floyd - football player, Malcolm Jenkins - football player, Malcolm Kelly - football player, Malcolm Morley - artist, Malcolm Fraser - Former Australian Prime Minister, Malcolm Gladwell - author, Malcolm McDowell - actor,