Etymology

McCallum

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Today it means: A surname from Scottish Gaelic. Full definition →

Scottish Gaelic Mac Caluim
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The story

  1. Scottish Gaelic · derived fromMac Caluim“son of Calum”
  2. English todayMcCallum

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Caluim (“son of Calum”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.