Kallum
A boys’ name of Scottish Gaelic origin, meaning dove; variant spelling of Callum.
Kallum by the numbers
In 2025, 5 babies in England and Wales were named Kallum. In the US, 25 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Kallum. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Kallum
Names that are said the same way as Kallum, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean a bird
Like Kallum, each of these has a bird in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Gavinwhite hawk4,134 in the US (2017)
- Jonahdove2,523 in the US (2017)
- Remingtonraven settlement; from the raven farm2,251 in the US (2017)
- Phoenixmythical bird that rises from ashes2,184 in the US (2017)
- Corbinraven; from corvus1,434 in the US (2017)
- Jaya form of names beginning with J; also the bird856 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Kallum
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