Colm Name Meaning & Origin
Colm
Pronunciation: KAWL-m (key)
Origin of the name Callum:
Borrowed from the Scottish, Calum is a Gaelic form of the Latin Columba (dove). Var: Callum, Kallum. Short: Cal, Kal.
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Colm Meaney, Star Trek TNG and DS9's Chief Miles O'Brien.
Broadway actor Colm Wilkinson, has been in multiple broadway productions including: Les Miserables, and Phantom of the Opera, among others.
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