Callum
Callum is a boy name of Scottish origin, meaning Dove; peace.
What Callum means
Dove; peace.
Callum sits at 6 letters, and ends on a consonant, which gives it a firmer stop.
Where Callum comes from
Scottish names draw on both Gaelic and Scots, and many began as clan or place names before becoming personal ones.
Callum is recorded as Scottish in origin. Browse other Scottish names.
How popular is Callum?
Callum does not currently chart in the top 100 boy names. Rankings move constantly, and names can spend decades out of the lists before returning — so this says more about the present moment than about the name itself.
The character of Callum
Two ideas meet in Callum: Peace and the natural world. Names carrying more than one theme tend to be the ones that suit a wider range of siblings.
Names like Callum
These share Callum's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Colm — Dove.
- Oliver — Olive tree; symbol of peace.
- Olivier — The olive tree; peace.
- Lily — The lily flower — purity and beauty.
- Olivia — Olive tree — peace, dignity, friendship.
- Paloma — Dove — a symbol of peace.
- Dove — The bird of peace.
- Halcyon — Kingfisher; tranquil.
- Olive — The olive tree; peace.
- Winter — The cold, still season.
- Douglas — From the dark river.
- Ewan — Born of the yew tree.
More Scottish names
- Brody — From the muddy place.
- Donald — World ruler; great chief.
- Angus — One strength; unique choice.
- Douglas — From the dark river.
- Ainsley — One's own meadow.
- Duncan — Dark warrior; brown chief.
- Ewan — Born of the yew tree.
- Glen — From the valley.
- Gordon — From the great hill.
- Graham — Gravelly homestead.